The new Obama fault line on the left: ‘He’s a closet Republican’ vs. ‘He’s an inept Dem’

[KoKo]

The new Obama fault line on the left: ‘He’s a closet Republican’ vs. ‘He’s an inept Dem’

....Peter Daou (former Consultant to Hillary Clinton's Campaign for Presidency)


Paul Krugman is getting lots of attention for a scathing piece that concludes:

Whatever is going on inside the White House, from the outside it looks like moral collapse — a complete failure of purpose and loss of direction.

Interestingly, Krugman is on the forgiving side of a new divide on the left over President Obama.

Here’s what I mean: For some time, the basic division over Obama on the opinion-making left was between those who argued that he had accomplished much considering the obstacles and those who believed he was selling out progressive principles out of a misguided desire for bipartisanship.

Today, the predominant rift appears to be between those who believe he is selling out progressive principles out of a misguided desire for bipartisanship and those who say that he is actually getting the policies he wants, i.e. that he is perfectly comfortable ditching progressive principles because he doesn’t believe in them.

Proponents of the latter view have new ammunition with a story making the rounds about Obama’s private self-assessment:

Privately, Mr. Obama has described himself, at times, as essentially a Blue Dog Democrat, referring to the shrinking caucus of fiscally conservative members of the party.

Whichever position wins out, one thing is for certain: Obama has lost the left’s opinion-making machinery. Of course, some would say that’s exactly what he wants.


http://peterdaou.com/2010/12/the-new-obama-fault-line-on-the-left/

[ProSense]

1. "former Consultant to Hillary Clinton's Campaign for Presidency"

"Obama has lost the left’s opinion-making machinery."

What a crock!

:rofl:

[boppers]

3. But his insight is what led to Hillary's election as our first female president!

How can you argue with that!

[AtomicKitten]

8. Indeed.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. At the end of the day Congress has more power than the president

sometimes I feel he is like the Queen of England!

[KoKo]

6. He's not that...he is an Elected President...nothing to do with QOE...

Totally different system of Governance and Candidates and Elections........

[JamesA1102]

4. I wonder if the President's policy on Israel the reason for Krugman's bashing. nt

[Laelth]

5. Suffice it to say I am not on the "forgiving" side of this divide.

I believe that Obama is intelligent and strong.

-Laelth

[KoKo]

7. I, too, believe that Obama is Intelligent enough to know Exactly What He is Doing...

And...because he's so Smart...is why others who have info and smarts need to try to STEER HIM....

SMART and INTELLIGENT...often falls on their face..but "Smart and Intelligent" who have gut political ability to empathize and calculate the way the "wind blows" when they "put their finger in it" requires maybe a little more on the "grounding side" of intelligence.

Sometimes it takes both to succeed. Obama is still a "painting"...that isn't finished to know if it's a Masterpiece...or Chop Shop.