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The Spectacle Blog
Dick Polman has a good column about why liberals are dreaming when they ask Obama to seize his "LBJ moment." Polman hits all the differences between now and then, but the most fundamental is really this: Obama doesn't have LBJ's legislative experience or the Washington alliances built up over a period of decades. He has never cobbled together majorities, bipartisan or otherwise, to pass controversial legislation.
The only real leverage Obama has over Democrats on Capitol Hill is the fact that he is popular and many of them are not. Defying Obama on an issue of importance to liberals carries some cost with the Democratic base. There is also the argument that these Democrats, especially the ones from red and purple states, will benefit politically from Obama's success. But popularity can be a temporary thing and many of these Democrats represent places where Obama was at less than 50 percent -- in some cases, as low as 30-odd percent -- at the peak of his popularity.
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Robert Folsom| 7.29.09 @ 11:22AM
Great comment. I 'm a retired newspaperman who reported on and lived through the LBJ era. Lyndon had more political savvy in his little finger than that clown has in his entire body.
Liberal Reader| 7.29.09 @ 11:55AM
O.K., Very good. Very good.
We're making some progress here.
Obama is not LBJ. I think a few weeks back a columnist here admitted Obama is not Hitler.
Now ...
Let's try to let in a little more light:
The Democrats are not Fascists or Socialists?
Can we go that far? I know it's a big leap, but you're doing so well!
Obama is Obama; Democrats are Democrats; America is Ameria.
Let's say it all together, just so we don't leave anyone behind ....
ds80| 7.29.09 @ 12:16PM
Promising idea for a game show. Where contestants fill in: "Obama is no _____ ."
Rich Berger| 7.29.09 @ 1:16PM
Liberal Reader-
I guess you meant that comment as biting satire. You set the bar too low.
Obama, on the other hand, is well on his way to being the worst..president..ever. He has certainly exceeded my expectations (if that's the right way to put it).
J.C.Eaton| 7.29.09 @ 2:28PM
OK LibRead, I'll play: LibRead 's stuff is not insightful: LibRead's stuff is not comical: LibRead's stuff is not useful: LibRead's stuff is not.....much.
Nobama| 7.30.09 @ 1:28AM
Unfortunately democrats are progressives now--Hillary even admitted it. Progressives are Statists and then who knows?
I know one damn thing--I do not trust you bastards and you must be stopped. Any group who countenances infanticide is evil--regardless of your moniker.