Obama, Behind the Curve?

Pretty hilarious. Even mush-head touchy-feely liberals are getting a little impatient with Obama, looking for a little more substance. The "progressive" (what kind of real progress do they ever achieve) Political Animal, via RCP, reacts to Obama's latest stance on the war:

Here's the thing: I know that there's a lot of chatter right now about exactly what Congress's war powers are, but I honestly think that everyone talking about this already knows the basic answer: Congress can declare war, it has certain military rulemaking powers, and it can fund and defund a war. But that's it. Like it or not, Congress simply doesn't have the power to manage specific operational aspects of a war. Big Tent Democrat made the case for this a couple of weeks ago, and I think it's pretty convincing.

Yeah, I think so too. But that's not Obama's style. He thinks if he can talk all around an issue, in an aggressive, but caring manner of course, while really deciding to do nothing of substance, he's actually achieved something. I think that's called being a liberal. As Rush would say, the most gutless choice there is.

And here's Obama's treatment of the issue of healthcare---the Political Animal hopes "highflown rhetoric" coupled with halfway measures are not a trend.....

After declaring in no uncertain terms that "affordable, universal health care for every single American must not be a question of whether, it must be a question of how," we get a few lines about better use of technology, some tsk-tsking about insurance industry profits, and a bit of musing about whether employer-based healthcare is still the best idea out there. That's....not very bold. After all, the link between employment and healthcare has been the fundamental issue underlying the universal healthcare debate for the past century, and I'd expect Obama to have a few thoughts about it by now.

I think it's a trend. But---Obama, a century behind the curve?


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