President Obama demands passage of the stimulus package. Now he’s on the offensive, pointing fingers at Republicans for the “same old distractions.” The leftosphere (the left-leaning blogosphere) is falling in love with Obama all over again because of his partisanship:
I will note that compared with the solid but lacking passion speech that the President gave earlier in the day at the Department of Energy, this speech truly demonstrated the enormous talents of the President. This was the Obama that spoke from the heart, not the cool, calm, collected one we often see and hear. This speech had cadence, it had fire in the belly, it had soul. He spoke to me as an American and as a Democrat. This is the real deal. This is how politics is played. To win by getting things accomplished.
Oh, please: the “enormous talents” of the President?! Since January 20, I haven’t really seen much talent from the President except his ability to deliver speeches (but we’d already known that since the campaign).
Does he have a talent for party leadership? Not from what we’ve seen with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, marching to the beat of her own tune in the House, completely ignoring Obama’s message of bipartisanship.
Does he have a talent for reaching across the aisle? Certainly, but the failure of his negotiation skills was exposed when the House Republican members stood united to oppose the stimulus package.
Does he have a talent for picking good cabinet nominees? Look at what happened to Bill Richardson, Timothy Geithner, Tom Daschle, Hilda Solis, and possibly more candidates.
The honeymoon is definitely over.
