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. . . the whole point is to leave problems unsolved so he can blame Republicans.

Obama's governing strategy makes no sense, unless . . .



I talked on the radio show this morning about what I called Obama's hidden agenda. I suppose the truth is there's nothing much hidden about it, although that's easier to say for someone who pays attention to this stuff for a living. The low-information voter may very well remain fooled, and Obama probably figures he can achieve his political agenda if he gets enough of those. Consider his recent priorities of late:

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  • Negotiate a terrible nuclear deal with Iran that gives them the bomb within a decade and gives us not so much as a hostage release in return.
  • Declare climate change the biggest threat facing Americans.
  • Keep spending!
  • Keep regulating!
  • Refuse to enforce our immigration laws.
  • Stand in the way of every conceivable fix to ObamaCare.
None of this makes any sense, and you can see it in the results he's getting. Economic growth remains sluggish. Workforce participation hasn't been this low since the days of Jimmy Carter. The deficit is "down" but it's still more than $400 billion and everyone recognizes this is only a temporary decline. Meanwhile, our adversaries don't fear us and our allies don't believe they can count on us. This is a record so bad, it's almost as if Obama is trying to fail. And maybe that's the point. The more things go wrong, the more opportunities Obama has to do one of two things. He can either blame Republicans for the problem, or if the Republicans blame him first, play the victim and cue his media cheerleaders to craft a narrative out of their "overreach" or whatever. The worse things are, the more strident the opposition's criticism of you will be. If the media still see you as beyond criticism, you can always play the victim and the Republican's dastardly meanness becomes more the story than your own failures. I guess you've got to hand it to him. Horrendous governing as a political success strategy. Obama is the worst president I've ever seen, but it takes a heck of a politician to pull that one off.


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