Obama's Problems

TigerHawk has the SNL bit mentioned in this NYT's item. Like Obama, that show has become a caricature of itself.

The New York Times has an amusing story in today's paper about a small but manifest turning in the tone of late night comedy against President Obama. That led me to this clip from last weekend's opening segment on Saturday Night Live...

The premise of the Times item is that the late night comedians are starting to rough Obama up in various ways - mostly for not doing anything. And you can see all the heat he's taking from the Left today, especially the gay community. Naturally, Obama came right out and promised to end Don't Ask Don't Tell again ... eventually.

Obama is trapped. If he delivers to his Leftist base, he loses popularity with the American people and stirs up opposition to himself. If he doesn't, eventually he'll lose the liberal base that supports him most strongly. It's simply a byproduct of getting elected with an image and not positions.

He played the Centrist before the election, giving his base a wink and a nod at every turn. And the media never bothered to expose it. Where he finds himself shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

Is Obama a skilled enough politician to walk the tightrope he finds himself walking today? I doubt it, chiefly due to his lack of experience in doing anything in Chicago other than playing to his base. Eventually, he's going to suffer within the black community some, too, as I doubt he will do much of anything to truly satisfy them. I'm not sure anyone can do that. He's trying to do it economically. But his approach is such a failed one the economy will likely get worse. And in that case, it's always worse still for minorities.

Certainly so far the team around him hasn't been up to the job. And if, as many are beginning to expect, the Dems get their clock cleaned in the 2010 mid-terms, things will likely only get worse. Fun, .. fun, ... fun - for partisans, perhaps. But not good times for America as a whole.

Comments

[One Random Guy]

And what if the Democrats gain seats? I think then the mask will come off for real and we will see their agenda in its entirety. That is something I do not care to witness. The worst part is we will never see the end of this damnable legislation they seem so intent on jamming down our throats. (pick a bill, they are all evil) When is the last time anything was actually repealed? The only thing that will bring real change to Washington will be tar, feathers, pitchforks and torches.

[dad29]

"Is Obama a skilled enough politician to walk the tightrope he finds himself walking today? I doubt it, chiefly due to his lack of experience in doing anything in Chicago other than playing to his base."

Besides, there are a lot of (D) Congresscritters who want to get re-elected, not hung on Obama's petard. Unless something extraordinary occurs between now and 11/10, there WILL be (D) losses. It's only a matter of how bad it will be.

[HatlessHessian]

Did someone forget to tell Obama that his homework for "figuring out the strategy for Afghanistan" was not finding out ways for gays in the military to openly serve? Unless Obama's planning the Queer Brigade to serve in that conflict, it seems his past months on strategy was wasted on the wrong assignment.

[xerocky]

In the long run Obama will do as much for the black community as O.J. did.

Not much.

And I think that to some degree that will be a great awakening for politics in this country, it could even break the black/democrat voting block.