Things Are Worse Than I Imagined

[wlotus]

sophiaserpentia has written an eye-opening (to me, anyway) description of why the political situation in this country is much worse than I imagined it wasIn spite of my surprise at the seriousness of the problem, it is no surprise to me that the Democratic Party is wasting a hard-won opportunity to turn this country around. If they keep it up, we are looking at

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[mallorys_camera]

That's a really fascinating analysis.

I was a hard core Hillary Clinton supporter. I loved the Clintons -- warts and all. I finally decided to support Obama after his race speech because it was the first honest appraisal of race I'd ever heard from a politician, and because I think race is the big issue of the 21st century: if humans do succeed in wiping out themselves and the planet, it will be over pseudospeciation. I cried when he was nominated; I allowed myself to get giddy on Election night.

Obama was a disappointment almost from the start. Has there ever been a President who squandered so much good will in so short a time? Well, yes, one -- George W. Bush...

Obama's health care bill is a disaster. After chanting "transparency" like a mantra all throughout his campaign, he turns out to opaque to the point of covertness. And then there's the Afghan War... We're propping up a corrupt puppet regime both in Afghanistan and Pakistan... for what? Is this really making us safe from terrorists? How exactly?

It's a given that the Democrats will lose the House in September -- possibly the Senate too. It's not clear to me that Obama will end up a one-term President. Really depends on who he's running against. Sarah Palin is not a viable candidate.

[wlotus]

Sarah Palin might not normally be a viable candidate, but you're talking about a presidential election season where a LOT of Democrats are disaffected, a lot of Republicans are likely to show up at the polls just to try to get the White House back, and a fair number of independents would rather vote for a third party than vote for Obama or an anti-choice Republican candidate. That raises her chances of being elected a fair amount, if she wins her party's nomination.

There are some people who are saying Clinton will run in 2012. I don't see that happening. She plays too closely to the party rules (and probably loves her political career far too much, as that would be political suicide) to do something like that. The only way that would happen would be if Obama refused to run or was pressured not to run, and I don't see that happening, either.