illogical. i feel like obama needs to channel that passionate better angel and go big. i mean, he s got to go big with this, and then ask the american people for the mandate, and i think they will give it to him. can he make the case with sarcasm, that the upper class, franklin roosevelt owned franklin roosevelt, you re smiling, rick. nobody was better at sarcasm. with file oh speech, destroyed opponents with sarcasm. this president doesn t to team sow have that gift. he has his own rhetorical mode an doesn t need to use sar kitsch. this is the position that 60% to 70% of the american people hold. point to 23-30 poll, and he can talk, again, to the broad center of the american electorate, but he can t do that without putting republicans, extremists in his
role in public life. seems in a lot of levels the president is shrinking from it. he has an impressive legislative series of accomplishments he can point to and yet he s still you saw this in minnesota and iowa. one day he s standing firm for these social programs. the next day trying to be above it and be the great conciliatory chief, if you will, and stand in the middle road, and appeal to independents. and i think for that reason there s a lot of anger on the part of the left. you know, it seems to me yes. rick, i m a firm believer this applies, used by alex, in a world sense, the democratic party is a centrist party. they re not a hard socialist party. don t believe in government control of heavy industry and they basically believe in mixed capitalism,s in some role for the government, believe in a strong, in fact, dominant private sector and yet that s a more nuanced position.
that he is not a left winger? that nixon wanted an employer mandate. all our president got through individual, making the individual american responsible for his own health care costs. a conservative idea. why does he tag him as a socialist and get away with it over and over again, rick? he s letting himself be intimidated. letting them get inside his head. playing to the beltway elite which treats the tea party as if they re somehow the broad center of the american electorate, when, as you showed in your statistics, 40% of country thinks they re off the rails. they re the most, according to robert putnam new york times in the yesterday, you had them on. they re the most unpopular group in the american electorate. all he needs to do, point out that john boehner said there is no room between me and the fee party. instead, he assumed that john boehner can somehow bring the tea party to the heel and sell them this deal when they re
barack obama. the fact he shrunk from the site, he is keyed up to have the role in public life. seems in a lot of levels the president is shrinking from it. he has an impressive legislative series of accomplishments he can point to and yet he s still you saw this in minnesota and iowa. one day he s standing firm for these social programs. the next day trying to be above it and be the great conciliatory chief, if you will, and stand in the middle road, and appeal to independents. and i think for that reason there s a lot of anger on the part of the left. you know, it seems to me. yes. rick, i m a firm believer the wart left applies, useed by alex, in a world sense, the democratic party is a centrist party. they re not a hard socialist party. don t believe in government control of heavy industry and they basically believe in mixed capitalism,s in some role for the government, believe in a
what, deficit cutting? illogical. i feel like obama needs to channel that passionate better angel and go big. i mean, he s got to go big with this, and then ask the american people for the mandate, and i think they will give it to him. can he make the case with sarcasm, that the upper class, franklin roosevelt owned franklin roosevelt, you re smiling, rick. nobody was better at sarcasm. with the my dog file oh speech, destroyed opponents with sarcasm. this president doesn t to team sow have that gift. he has his own rhetorical mode an doesn t need to use sar kitsch. this is the position that 60% to 70% of the american people hold. point to 23-30 poll, and he can talk, again, to the broad center of the american electorate, but he can t do that without putting republicans, extremists in his sights. okay. why does he make this simple case that nixon was to his left?