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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Friday, January 22, 2010 :::
It seems like I've been reading more articles than usual indicating divorce from reality. - A portion of the opinion section in the Thursday Wall Street Journal asked "What Democrats Should Do Now" — i.e., after we learned that Massachusetts is now a swing state. One suggestion is "give up on post-partisanship". Which puts me in mind of a college freshman who spends all his time partying, gets a D on a test, and thinks, "gosh, all that studying was a waste of time."
- Some in the administration seem to share that assessment — people are angry, but not angry at them. They're angry at the Republicans, I guess, and taking it out on Democrats.
In a recent interview, President Obama acknowledges his mistakes" "I think the assumption was if I just focus on policy, if I just focus on this provision or that law or if we're making a good rational decision here, then people will get it." That must be it — nobody could possibly disagree with him unless they just didn't "get it."He also things he hasn't given enough speeches. Also, Ramesh Ponnuru quotes an article that quotes Obama and asks: Which is worse: that the president thinks that the insurance companies, which mostly support his health-care initiative, are behind the public disapproval of it, or that he thinks what's been missing from his effort is positive coverage in the [New York] Times? - Paul Krugman thinks Obama should just order the House Democrats to pass the Senate bill.
- This is a different domain, but it fits in with the theme: CNN doesn't know what chaos looks like
On the other hand, this may be the first evidence I've seen that Senator McCaskill is smarter than chalk. And I laughed out loud to read that "[Geithner is] reportedly worried that politics is driving Obama's attack on Wall Street." You'd think someone that shrewd would be able to figure out TurboTax.
::: posted by Steven at 11:10 AM
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