For Mr. Obama, painting the conservative lawmaker as a sort of wild-eyed wingman to Mr. Romney carries clear benefits, according to his advisers: it yokes Mr. Romney to the unpopular elements of the Ryan budget — from deep cuts in cherished social programs to a Medicare overhaul that could drive up costs for future retirees and fundamentally change the popular health plan — and it makes it tougher for Mr. Romney to tack to the center once he gets past the primaries.
“He’s very much lashed to Ryan and the House Republicans,” said David Axelrod, a top strategist for Mr. Obama. “They share an economic view and a view on the budget. By essentially embracing the framework of Ryan, Romney is also embracing the steps that would be necessary to implement it.” (NYT, 4/4/2012)
Political "genius" Axelrod wants to tie Romney to Congressman Paul Ryan? Have at it, we say. It will only serve to point up the deficiencies of Obama. Ryan is smart-as-a-whip and is proposing real solutions to real problems. Problems like budget deficits that Obama made worse and entitlement reform which Obama ignores. We believe that the usual Democrat/Axelrod strategy of maliciously trashing political opponents will not work with Paul Ryan.
Difficulties
I would lament a ruling striking down the individual mandate, but I would not denounce it as conservative justices run amok. Listening to the arguments and reading the transcript, the justices struck me as a group wrestling with a legitimate, even difficult, constitutional question. For the president to imply that the only explanation for a constitutional conclusion contrary to his own would be out-of-control conservative justices does the court a disservice. (Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 4/2/2012)
The White House clarified Wednesday that Obama was not trying to intimidate the Supreme Court when he said this week that it would be unusual for the court to overturn a congressional law. (Washington Post, 4/4/2012)
Even Liberals were appalled by Obama's attack on the Supreme Court! But, of course, he wasn't really trying to intimidate them.... What did Obama think? That Justice Scalia could be browbeat by a constitutional lightweight?
Tailbone
"I always get criticized for being 'Middle Class Joe,' which I'm proud of. And I always talk about the middle class. It's more than that," Biden said. "When the middle class is not growing, everybody suffers. It is the backbone of America." (Washingtonexaminer.com, 4/3/2012)
Actually, no one EVER criticizes Biden for his middle class roots. They criticize him because - after a career in politics - he has become a 1%er! How did that happen on a public servant's salary?
Guests From Hell
No South Burlington officials were invited to the airport to be part of the welcoming group, and the president didn’t mention the host city. Beyond the presidential cold shoulder the city is out about $4,200 for the public safety costs of his visit and the short campaign trip to Vermont in June by first lady Michelle Obama, the city police chief said. (Burlington Free Press, 4/5/2012)
Creating havoc wherever they go!
Shout It Out
The obscure federal agency that has come under intense scrutiny after a report it spent $820,000 of taxpayer funds on a lavish Las Vegas bash, spent another $250,000 on an employee's incentive program. (Foxnews.com, 4/5/2012)
In a story not reported in the New York Times, another $1 million of your tax dollars wasted under the Obama administration. Ho-hum.
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