The illusion of change
Democrats claim the 2008 election is about change, but the chance are remote that Obama or Clinton could change much about Washington. It will still be a bitterly partisan place and as President Bush found his "new tone" did not stop the unfair attacks by Democrats who have heaped new records of abuse on him personally and as well as his policies.
The fact is that the change that Obama wants to make is not "post partisan." It is liberalism wrapped in new packaging and it will be resisted by conservatives who think liberalism is bad for the country. Obama has zero chance of uniting Republicans in his effort to secure our defeat in Iraq. His chances are remote that he could unite Republicans in an effort to raise taxes, or offering illegal aliens a better deal than legal aliens.
Nor will Obama be able to change liberals who want to crush opponents rather than compromise. It was liberals that forced Democrats into 60 plus disastrous votes against the surge in Iraq when it was winning. These people are not even pragmatic. Obama might as well be promising "free bubble up and rainbow stew."
This post partisan politics can't hide how naive Obama has been about the war in Iraq and the situation in Pakistan. Comments he and his staff have made in the last few days demonstrate a profound ignorance of what has happened in Iraq in the last year and what is currently happening in Pakistan. The media may gloss over these gaff's for now, but a good Republican candidate will not give him a pass.
The fact is that the change that Obama wants to make is not "post partisan." It is liberalism wrapped in new packaging and it will be resisted by conservatives who think liberalism is bad for the country. Obama has zero chance of uniting Republicans in his effort to secure our defeat in Iraq. His chances are remote that he could unite Republicans in an effort to raise taxes, or offering illegal aliens a better deal than legal aliens.
Nor will Obama be able to change liberals who want to crush opponents rather than compromise. It was liberals that forced Democrats into 60 plus disastrous votes against the surge in Iraq when it was winning. These people are not even pragmatic. Obama might as well be promising "free bubble up and rainbow stew."
This post partisan politics can't hide how naive Obama has been about the war in Iraq and the situation in Pakistan. Comments he and his staff have made in the last few days demonstrate a profound ignorance of what has happened in Iraq in the last year and what is currently happening in Pakistan. The media may gloss over these gaff's for now, but a good Republican candidate will not give him a pass.
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