re: #106 DistantThunder
I’m not so sure of that. The MSM was clearly in love with Obama even during the primaries (and even before it was just Obama and Clinton). And the MSM and Obama’s fund raising were the true cornerstones of his victory.
And that was Bob Beckel you were referring to and yes I do think Michael Steele is someone of whom the Dems should be afraid.
As for articulating the Republican philosophical pov, I don’t get that point - that others were making, not you at all.
All during the Campaign R’s were screaming about higher taxes being the death of small businesses (and some big ones, too) and small businesses have historically been the biggest generator of new jobs. If we couldn’t nail Obama on how his policies were going to HURT the economy back then, I don’t see how we’ll do it now.
I think Obama has two political Achilles’ heels - the first is foreign policy and how well he handles not only the WoT, but other, economic matters with the rest of the World (see, e.g. Kyoto and the UN and Israel) and the second is his Universal Health Care plan - how will it affect the 45+ million voters who already depend on Social Security and Medicare as well as those who were going to have to depend on Social Security and Medicare - at least in part - for their retirements? If the Republicans are gonna have a shot at getting back SOME power in congress, they need to have plans in place to use as alternatives to what most folks suspect Obama’s policies are going to be on those two issues.