tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906333.post7085919978724091264..comments2023-09-22T01:46:59.110-07:00Comments on Home of the Mandinmories: Please excuse my rantousman ceesayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756128037080964284noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7906333.post-11440879029360825302009-10-27T18:31:54.778-07:002009-10-27T18:31:54.778-07:00Mori,
Your comment on Pres. Obama's fruitless...Mori,<br /><br />Your comment on Pres. Obama's fruitless search for bipartisanship is right on the mark. I have been losing sleep over his snail-like approach to governance. Nothing seems to be moving for me; perhaps I am one of those eager-beaver "Obambis" who expected a quick turn-around of events. That's right, it won't be easy, but I know this as much: I am less than happy about the way Mr. Obama is moving about in the governance arena. He is being tentative, too calculating, too "common grounded" (in the words of Leon Wisieltier, the literary editor of the New Republic). I want Mr. Obama to drop his fruitless gambits for republican support; he will not have any (save for, may be, one of the Mainers). These republicans will continue to hope for and work towards, Mr. Obama's collapse.<br /><br />It is not my wish to second-guess the president; for God knows that Mr. Obama was second-guessed several times during the campaign but he proved most of us the doubting Thomases wrong. But the campaigning has been over or has it? I want Mr. Obama to really act like he is governing, meaning, sometimes, showing a stiff upper lip, twisting political arms to get your wish, and to tell these republicans what the former British prime minister John Major once told his critics: "put up or shut up."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com