National Review; In January 2009, the future seemed to be all Barack Obama’s.
A few excerpts from Hanson's insightful column: ...."Never has a president entered office with so much goodwill from so many diverse quarters.
"Rarely does a president enter office with a majority in both the House and the Senate. Not only did Obama do so, but his soaring ratings put enormous pressure on the Republican minorities to join the Democratic majorities. Liberals were talking about a new era of Democratic political dominance."
"No prior president had such a supportive media. ....Barack Obama was not just a liberal Democrat whom they would tilt toward, but a messianic figure for whom they gladly sacrificed the last ounce of disinterested coverage."
....And so here we are, three weeks before the election, with a squandered presidency and a president desperately seeking reelection not by defending his record, but by demonizing his predecessor, his opponent — and half of the country.
"What, then, was Obama’s first term?"
Media on trial at tonight’s presidential debate "There is little doubt that the media have been covering for Obama for the past four years. But Powerline Blog predicts that if Obama has another lackluster performance, his willing accomplices, the media, *might* begin to turn on him. They compare this election with the way the media turned on Jimmy Carter in 1980:"...
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