Dan Senor and CONTENTIONS’ Pete Wehner have a must-read on why conservatives shouldn’t do to Obama on Afghanistan what liberals did to George W. Bush on Iraq.
The lovers’ quarrel continues: Obama’s Organizing America blames the media.
Harry Reid has no one to blame but himself: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been unable to dig himself out of a pit of poor poll numbers, and the latest survey from Daily Kos/Research 2000 is no different. The four-term Nevada senator trails two potential GOP challengers, Danny Tarkanian, son of former UNLV coach Jerry, and Sue Lowden, who is resigning from her post as chair of the Nevada Republican Party to focus on a bid for Senate. Just 36% hold a favorable opinion of Reid, while 52% view him unfavorably.”
The White House has gone tone deaf: “School districts from Maryland to Texas are fielding angry complaints from parents opposed to President Barack Obama’s back-to-school address Tuesday — forcing districts to find ways to shield students from the speech as conservative opposition to Obama spills into the nation’s classrooms. The White House says Obama’s address is a sort of pep talk for the nation’s schoolchildren. But conservative commentators have criticized Obama for trying to “indoctrinate” students to his liberal beliefs, and some parents call it an improper mix of politics and education.”
Greg Sargent suggests that liberals’ threat not to support health-care reform without the public option is empty.
The millions spent to elect Democrats didn’t buy Big Labor much (other than two ailing car companies): “Gallup finds organized labor taking a significant image hit in the past year. While 66% of Americans continue to believe unions are beneficial to their own members, a slight majority now say unions hurt the nation’s economy. More broadly, fewer than half of Americans — 48%, an all-time low — approve of labor unions, down from 59% a year ago.”
Mickey Kaus has this wild idea that Obama should figure out what he wants in his health-care plan before giving a major address to Congress.
Dana Perino doesn’t think Obama has much more to lose on health care: “The administration finds itself at an impasse — one of their own making. They can blame Republicans all they want — and they have, and it’s grown rather tiresome since they can’t answer basic legitimate questions about their own plan(s) — but when you hold all the power and still can’t get something done your complaints about the opposition ring hollow.”
No wonder congressmen hate town halls — now everyone can see what jerks they are. They don’t seem to get that these days, everyone has a camera.
When you need someone to defend the indefensible, Joe Biden is your man: “Defending a costly plan to revitalize the economy, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday said the government’s sweeping stimulus effort ‘is in fact working’ despite steady Republican criticism and public skepticism.”
