Obama Pundit

by C. William Chattin
Can anyone dispute that the high point of the Obama presidency thus far has been him killing the Somali pirates?
He’s just so T.J.

I think we’re starting to look a little prescient.

Gallup has Obama at 50 percent approval now.  After all this talk of healing divisions, looks like we are back to square one.

by Hector N. Fertig
There are two fundamental issues with regard to universal health coverage: the practical issues involving costs and quality, and the moral issues involving who should be covered.  For most supporters of universal health care, the moral issues trump the practical.  Further, for many opponents of universal health coverage, moral issues are historically [...]

by Hector N. Fertig
It sounds as though the Public Option is no longer an indispensible piece of the Obama Administration’s health care plan.  If this is true, to many observers of the health care debate, this represents a substantial shift in policy from only a month ago.
“Any plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: [...]

…this link shows what the Left was up to recently, but that was back when dissent was the highest form of patriotism.

by Obama Pundit
I just don’t get this new strategy by the Democrats to attack the health care protestors head on.  If they are correct that the people showing up angry at these town hall meetings are just a fringe group organized by the Right, then this is hardly the kind of exciting information that’s going to inspire the rest of the electorate to [...]

Turns out all the way to Pyongyang, North Korea.

by Obama Pundit
…are out.
Clearly, the new strategy on the Left is to equate opposition to Obama to racism.  Do you think it is a coincidence that there is suddenly a flurry of opinion pieces on Birthers and racists and how it relates to Obama’s policies?
First, we had the Yglesias piece, which I discussed below.  Then [...]

by Obama Pundit
I think it’s worthwhile to highlight liberal blogger Matthew Yglesias’ rather extraordinary column today called ‘Here Come the Racists‘ as a great example of how the Left operates these days.  Call it a ‘teachable moment’.  
I hope that wasn’t too condescending.  If so, I’m only repeating one of the President’s favorite phrases.
Let’s start with how Yglesias distorts what happened last [...]

by Obama Pundit
One of Barack Obama’s favorite methods for defending embarrassing or politically awkward statements he or others have made is to claim that they are merely ’snippets’ that were ‘taken out of context’. 
Then, after pointing this out, he goes on to attack those who would dare hold him or others accountable for such statements.  The result is that [...]

by Obama Pundit
Note how the markets dove in the early Obama presidency and have risen sharply since early March:

This trend closely aligns with Rasmussen’s approval ratings of Obama.  In the early going, Obama garnered strong approval ratings and appeared to have control of the agenda in Washington.  When his stimulus bill passed on Feb. 17, [...]