Trashing Obama
August 11, 2011 - by
It’s terrible what they’re saying about President Obama. Not the Republicans; the Democrats.
This week, there has been an explosion of criticism from the President’s own party and old supporters. You’ll find an example on almost every newspaper or political website.
It runs the gamut: He’s too aloof, he caved on the debt ceiling, he’s too quick to compromise, he’s not tough enough, he can’t tell a good story like FDR did, we should have nominated Hillary. I even did a blog headed “Jimmy Obama.”
It all echoes a front-page article in The New York Times Sunday Review section. Written by Drew Westen, a psychology professor who has written what looks like a must-read book on the role of emotion in politics, its money shot is:
“Like most Americans at this point, I have no idea what Barack Obama – and by extension the party he leads – believes on virtually any issue.”
It’s provocative, influential and worth reading to understand the depth of Obama’s political problem today.
Posted in General, National Democrats
Trashing Obama
August 11, 2011/
It’s terrible what they’re saying about President Obama. Not the Republicans; the Democrats.
This week, there has been an explosion of criticism from the President’s own party and old supporters. You’ll find an example on almost every newspaper or political website.
It runs the gamut: He’s too aloof, he caved on the debt ceiling, he’s too quick to compromise, he’s not tough enough, he can’t tell a good story like FDR did, we should have nominated Hillary. I even did a blog headed “Jimmy Obama.”
It all echoes a front-page article in The New York Times Sunday Review section. Written by Drew Westen, a psychology professor who has written what looks like a must-read book on the role of emotion in politics, its money shot is:
“Like most Americans at this point, I have no idea what Barack Obama – and by extension the party he leads – believes on virtually any issue.”
It’s provocative, influential and worth reading to understand the depth of Obama’s political problem today.
Posted in General, National Democrats