President Obama isn't riding as high as he thinks. He's popular, though no more than is usual for a new president. His party is in charge on Capitol Hill, but its command of the Senate is fraying. And just last week, the faint outlines of a center-right coalition in opposition to Obama's policies--and increasingly to Obama himself--began to emerge. It's an embryonic grouping that may prove to be ephemeral. But maybe not. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
there may be a valid perspective in this, that the country is more politically 'center' than it is liberal, but the elements don't hold together. the largest disconnect ihere is the huge assumption that pres.obama is so much further left. a different assumption, that the proposed policies and budgets are not liberal, but radical, which is quite different, could make sense. media and congress must see the forest of a new future already growing, instead of trees already dying obama may not be able to make it all work, but for very different reasons.
