Obama Faces Left Wing Spiral Trap

 Dick Morris  "When a president moves leftward, a vicious cycle begins to set in. Driven to raise the intensity of his rhetoric and to take positions further to the extreme, he alienates more and more centrists and moderates, forcing himself to rely more and more on left wing voters. This reliance, in turn, fuels an ever more pronounced leftward drift until he ends up with a vastly diminished political base.
"In Obama's case, his reliance on minority voters adds to the difficulty as he drives racially fair whites to see him as governing primarily in the interests of minority voters."

Where Do We Get Such Men?

Big Peace "The last line in the movie “The Bridges At Toko Ri” asks the poignant question about the US Military: “Where do we get such men?” That same question being asked during the Korean War film is just as applicable today in real life in Afghanistan, Iraq and any place else our armed forces have a presence. The answer: we get them from the legions of today’s fine generation of young men and woman across the country. In the case one Army lieutenant, the answer is Staten Island, New York."
Profiles of Valor: U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Marshall "... Marshall knew his comrades were in trouble without his help."

Iran to review woman's stoning verdict

Yahoo News "Human rights activists and other officials, however, warned that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, could still be hanged."

George Will uses Obama quote to crush liberal's attack on Sarah Palin

Newsbusters "On the vapidness meter, that ranks nowhere near, "We are the ones we have been waiting for," which was Obama's way of flattering the self-esteem of his supporters.
"Bravo!"

Malik Shabazz Praised Bin Laden In 2002

Sweetness and Light "“Let’s talk about this brother, because he’s a bold man… Usama Bin Laden, Mr. Bin Laden. Gotta give him his respect. He’s not bowing down. He’s not cutting [?] the tap dance… Mr. Bin Laden standing up. There’s a man born in Saudi Arabia bringing reform, Mr. Bin Laden. But you’re not supposed to say these things about him. I thought we had free speech.”
"More from one of Mr. Obama’s earliest supporters."

White House: Berwick Appointment 'Too Important' to Wait for a Hearing

ABC News   "This morning on ABC News’ "This Week," Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod insisted that President Obama’s recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to be the administrator of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was simply “too important” to wait for a Congressional hearing."

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Progressive Paradise; Nannyism on steroids

Investors.com "The progressive paradise by the Bay, where the left's still-beating heart never left, lately has whipped up a whirlwind of nannyism — the notion, virtually synonymous with liberalism, that political government was designed to control the lives of the people for their own good."

Health care law's massive, hidden tax change

CNN Money "An all-but-overlooked provision of the health reform law is threatening to swamp U.S. businesses with a flood of new tax paperwork."

HAS THE LEFT DEVOLVED INTO ABSURDITY? YES!

Astute Blogger Nevertheless, the Left maintains some appeal among the electorate. WHY? SIMPLE: [they] control the Academy and the Media and are therefore able to continuously indoctrinate a new generation - and retain a fairly high percentage each year.

Krauthammer: I believe Obama may be a tad narcissistic

Hot Air "Krauthammer refers to a pattern that many have noticed about Obama, his repetitive self-referential language in speeches and remarks that far exceed anything seen from his predecessors — even the man we used to call The Big Me, Bill Clinton."

'The Crisis at Which We Are Arrived'

William Kristol "So fear not the Tea Parties. Be open to fundamental reforms. Belt-tightening and program-trimming, more transparency and greater efficiency, are not enough. The danger for Republicans isn’t that they will address the current crisis too boldly. It’s that they won’t be bold enough."