Immediately after President Obama was inaugurated, the media went wild with conjecture about the prospects for the Republican Party to survive. Now, the press calmly reports that a shift back to a Republican majority in the Congress and the Senate is to be expected. What ever happened to the old concept of a "nose for news"? Isn't any reporter going to attempt the monumental challenge of explaining just how that big of a change occurred (stealth style) so fast? If they value a regular paycheck, they won't.
This columnist notes that no one has resurrected the old clichà © about "charisma" to explain the baffling aspect of the Alvin Greene win in the South Carolina Democratic Primary. Hey, that as good as any other explanation available to the public.
The next "elephant in the room" question seems to be: If the Republicans have said that they will (in effect) play a passive-aggressive game while Obama is President, why would America opt for a two year stalemate during hard times? (The Stephanie Miller radio show recently played a sound byte of Republican John Boehner saying, at the time President Obama was sworn in, that the Republicans would in effect use the passive-aggressive tactic to sabotage the Democrat's entire term in office. ) The prospect of a reversal in Congress and the Senate back to a Republican majority carries with it the implied prospect for giving President Obama the longest "lame duck" period in American History. Why (the ***k) would America want to do that? Oh, sorry we forgot: "don't ask don't tell."
Does the prospect of the longest lame duck period in American History during tough times conjure up the image in the news photo of a fellow holding off police while pointing a gun to is own head?
Here's a bonus question: If we have just raised some valid points, why the heck is it up to an online pundit, who would much rather be taking photos at this weekend's Second Annual <a href =http://www.sfconcours.com/index.html>San Francisco Presidio Concours D Elegance</a> auto event, to bring up these questions?
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