Two masterful strategic moves by a brilliant political operation.

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8. The President has pulled off a hat trick.

In the past two years, the President has:


* Killed Osama bin Laden and ended the war in Iraq, taking national security and foreign policy completely off the debate table.

* Cut defense spending in an election year without a single Democratic vote;

* Forced Republicans to effectively vote for raising taxes on 97% of voters in an election year;

* Given virtually all Democratic voters a monetary incentive to register and vote;

* Given virtually all Republican voters a monetary incentive to vote all-Democratic or not vote at all.

President Obama is already the finest American politician I have ever seen in my lifetime, and if he gets another four years, he will certainly prove to be one of the greatest of this century and the last one.

The secret of President Obama's greatness is his ability to identify the moral and ideological flaws in his opponents, and then use those against them to get what he wants. And he has done it all while remaining personally and professionally unassailable.