I think Mike the Mad Biologist has it right. Obama is in fact a moderate Republican as is rendered clearly by his recent complete rolling over on tax cuts. Or more correctly as Mike would , not a rollover at all, but in fact a reflection of his actual political positions.
Mike’s answer is to view the White House as a member of the political opposition. I think that is a good one in the short term, however in the long term I have a better idea:
Get Obama to switch tickets!
It’s the perfect solution:
- It gets him where he should be – with the Republicans.
- It frees the Democratic ticket in 2012 for an actual Democrat.
- It ensures the Republican candidate (Obama) loses, rather than the Democratic candidate (Obama) losing.
Win/win all around.
Now all we need is a good slogan (one that ideally makes a cool sounding acronym) for our new coalition to have Obama change parties. CREEP is already taken so…
Hmmm… Have to think about that.
Committee to Organize an Obama Party Transition for Electoral Descriptiveness?
CO-OPTED?
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