Obama the All-Powerful?

[NJmaverick]

One of the more notable examples of the gulf in perceived reality between Left and Right these days is the very different perceptions of the power of Barack Obama. Most Democrats think the president has been hemmed in by the economic and fiscal conditions he inherited and by an opposition party with the will and the means to obstruct his every effort. Some Democrats also think he's been hemmed in by his own timidity, and/or by the views and interests of his advisors, but nobody much thinks he's kicking ass and taking names.

Meanwhile, on the Right, while the dominant attitude towards the president remains one of exultant mockery, in anticipation of a big 2010 Republican victory, it seems important to some pols and gabbers to maintain the impression that the president represents an ever-growing threat to American liberties.

This "Fear Factor" is especially present in the bizarre op-ed penned in the Washington Times by former congressman, and perhaps future candidate for Colorado governor, Tom Tancredo, calling for the president's impeachment.

Now there's nothing particularly newsworthy about Tancredo seizing the limelight with crazy talk, or even his contention that Obama's violated his constitutional oath by refusing to immediately launch a nationwide manhunt to identify and deport illegal immigrants by the millions as the openly xenophobic Coloradan would do.

MUCH MORE AT:

http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2010/07/obama_the_all-powerful.php

[SunsetDreams]

1. K&R

[madinmaryland]

2. The thread title reminds me of The all-powerful Clenis.

just sayin.

:shrug: