High Ground Underground

The “Great Victory” Charles Krauthammer said that Obama is like Lucy & the football (in the Peanuts comic strip).  As much as he says we need to stop governing by crisis, he continues to do so.  And to use them to further his political objectives – as Rahm Emanuel said, “never let a crisis go to waste.” They called this a “great victory”???!!!  They merely kicked the can down the road a few months, and did nothing to address the problems with Obamacare, the deficits, debt, etc.  All of which are hurting our economy already.  In his “victory” speech after the CR, Obama called the shutdown “completely unnecessary” – that’s right, he could have negotiated earlier, but was the one in the end who didn’t give an inch, and was willing to go beyond Oct. 17.  It takes 2.  “The American people are fed up with Washington .”  Spoken in his usual accusatory tone, as if he were not part of Washington , and part of the problem – even a big...

In addition to many people I run into (e.g., at the gym) who freely share that they are still in mourning, there’s been much hand-wringing and blame in the post-mortem analyses of the election.  Too much of it has been directed at Mitt Romney – a great candidate who gave it his all.  Ann Coulter explains how and why that blame is mis-directed.  She is reinforced in articles by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Kimberly Strassel and Joel Rosenberg, all of whom (along with myself) point out factors like minority vs. religious values turnout, growth of entitlement mentality, a long & vicious primary, an incumbent, etc. Here’s a table of contents for this somewhat long post: 1. “Romney was not the Problem,” by Ann Coulter (interesting contrast w. Reagan, etc.) 2.  “More than 6 Million Self-Described Evangelicals Voted for Obama,” by Joel Rosenberg (exit polling analysis of religious turnout and voting) & my analysis of the low Evangelical vote 3. “The GOP Tu...