Mounting Calls
(Obama) should abandon his candidacy for re-election in favor of a clear alternative, one capable not only of saving the Democratic Party, but more important, of governing effectively and in a way that preserves the most important of the president's accomplishments. He should step aside for the one candidate who would become, by acclamation, the nominee of the Democratic Party: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
...Put simply, it seems that the White House has concluded that if the president cannot run on his record, he will need to wage the most negative campaign in history to stand any chance. With his job approval ratings below 45% overall and below 40% on the economy, the president cannot affirmatively make the case that voters are better off now than they were four years ago. He—like everyone else—knows that they are worse off. (Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen, WSJ, 11/21/2011)
In a stunning statement (not likely to be reported by the state-controlled media) Democrat heavyweights call for Obama to step aside. Hillary comes with her own baggage, of course, and we are not certain how well she can work with both Dems and Repubs. But, it couldn't be worse, could it?
Meanwhile Democrat lightweights like Chris Matthews are voicing similar sentiments. Matthews asks: What is Obama's case for deserving a second term? He also speaks mysteriously of late night phone calls - presumably from Washington insiders - expressing profound frustration with Obama.
It's Over
In the midst of crackdowns on Occupy Wall Street movements across the country, police in Colorado Springs removed protesters from Acacia Park at 1 a.m. Monday. (Huffington Post, 11/21/2011)
Newt Gingrich's philosophical skewering of the premise of OWS this weekend said it all. Naturally, die-hard Liberals were outraged, but not about the drugs, sexual assaults, murder or violence...
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