Obama’s Big Bang explodes on Democrats
By GLENN THRUSH, Politico
Moderate Democrats, coping with the electoral fallout of President Barack Obama’s grand and ground-down legislative ambitions, have a message for their leaders: Stop supersizing us.
If the first year of Obama’s term was dominated by the so-called Big Bang push for enormous, politically risky initiatives — the stimulus, cap and trade and health care — Year Two is fast shaping up to be year of small ball, retrenchment and backlash.
“I’ve always maintained that I thought that they were doing too much, too fast,” said Rep. Mike McMahon (D-N.Y.), an endangered freshman who represents a Staten Island district long occupied by Republicans.
“Without question, the biggest complaint I’m hearing from constituents is that there were too many things being tackled all at once, and they didn’t have time to understand and digest all of them,” he added.
The Big Bang, made famous by Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is giving way to a wary brand of incrementalism. It’s not the small-bore, Clintonian agenda of V-chips and school uniforms but an admission that expectations are diminished — not dashed — and a determination to attack the same huge problems in smaller, smarter ways.
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February 6th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Waterloo.
February 6th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Quo Warranto Filed and Served
Quo Warranto was filed in DC and summons were issued on Obama, Holder and US atty Phillips.
http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/?p=7548
February 7th, 2010 at 12:28 am
Obama and his staff thought the American people would roll over like a dog to have their stomach scratched boy are they wrong. Power of the people i smuch stronger then the could even begin to imagine!Enter text right here!
February 6th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
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February 7th, 2010 at 1:21 am
obama thought we were dumb to his evil tactics but we were smarter than him or the democrats who have been in majority in house and senate since 2006 that was the last two yaers of President Bush last two years
But come November we will be in charge of house and senate
February 7th, 2010 at 6:42 am
One out of three Americans have serious doubts about Obama's eligibility to be President. Why doesn't Obama simply show us the long form of his birth certificate and all the other documents he has refused to make public? Didn't Obama promise us Transparency? What is he afraid of? What is he trying to hide?
And why are Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck making excuses for him?
February 7th, 2010 at 11:16 am
IMPEACH OBAMA IN 2010
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/