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| Obama, looking more and more the loner, intent on his own agenda and support each and every day. |
Peggy Noonan "nails it" when it comes to her observation on Obama:
WSJ Op-ed: Something's happening to President Obama's relationship with
those who are inclined not to like his policies. They are now inclined not to
like him. His supporters would say, "Nothing new there," but actually
I think there is. I'm referring to the broad, stable, nonradical, non-birther
right. Among them the level of dislike for the president has ratcheted up
sharply the past few months.
It's not due to the election, and it's not because the Republican
candidates are so compelling and making such brilliant cases against him. That,
actually, isn't happening.
What is happening is that the president is coming across
more and more as a trimmer, as an operator who's not operating in good faith.
This is hardening positions and leading to increased political bitterness. And
it's his fault, too. As an increase in polarization is a bad thing, it's a big
fault.
The shift started on Jan. 20, with the mandate that
agencies of the Catholic Church would have to provide services the church finds
morally repugnant. The public reaction? "You're kidding me. That's not
just bad judgment and a lack of civic tact, it's not even constitutional!"
Faced with the blowback, the president offered a so-called accommodation that
even its supporters recognized as devious. Not ill-advised, devious. Then his
operatives flooded the airwaves with dishonest—not wrongheaded,
dishonest—charges that those who defend the church's religious liberties are
trying to take away your contraceptives. . . . . . finish reading the article here.
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