The Obama Promise

Predicted surge in voter turnout falls short. Bloomberg:

Given Obama’s across-the-board gains and the depressed Republican vote, many experts say the election probably doesn’t signal a major realignment of voter loyalties. It will take another four years to determine whether Obama can redraw the political map and cement his party’s gains in former Republican states such as Virginia and North Carolina.

“In four years do we look back and say, ‘It’s morning again in America,’ in which Obama is a Reagan for the 21st century?” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and co-developer of the Pollster.com Web site. “Or do we look back and say, ‘another Jimmy Carter -- full of promise but no delivery.’”

At the rate Obama is abandoning his campaign promises and slotting in Clintonistas I'd say he's at risk of losing the left and starry-eyed youth. The saving grace for him might be with his cabinet picks he looks to be at least chastened on the complexity of our economic challenge, and continuing a sensible foreign policy. So why is The One afraid to take questions from FoxNews? You'd think he would view them as an ally, especially in solidifying Red to BlueState gains, areas where they are the dominant cable news provider:)

P.S. Theodore Dalrymple, a cautionary tale on the Obama promise. A view from France and the UK.