November 08, 2008

Obama vs. Pelosi

Coming this January, in a Chicago style cage match, Obama vs. Pelosi.

Interesting note by John Fund in today's WSJ to once again point out the power struggle the new Prez will have with his party. He can simply be Pelosi's whipping boy or he's gonna have to slap her around a little bit and show her who's the new boss in town .... should be fun



"Barack Obama obviously has thought carefully about mistakes made by previous Democratic presidential winners who wrongly believed a Congress controlled by their own party would help make them a success.

Pollster Doug Schoen, who helped Bill Clinton win re-election in 1996 over overwhelming odds after the 1994 Democratic debacle, recently warned in a Journal op-ed: "If the Democrats govern as if there is no Republican Party, they are likely headed to the kind of reaction that Bill Clinton faced when he made the same misjudgment after the 1992 election victory." Mr. Schoen cites specifically a meeting in Little Rock after the election with Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and House Speaker Tom Foley, when Mr. Clinton agreed to defer to Congress on key elements of his legislative agenda. The subsequent lurch to the left did incalculable damage to his presidency.

That may be one reason why Mr. Obama has chosen Rahm Emanuel, a respected member of the Congressional leadership, to become his new White House Chief of Staff. Mr. Emanuel has a reputation as a tough partisan, but he has also exhibited impatience with left-wing members of his party who have overly ambitious ideological agendas. A likely first assignment for Mr. Emanuel will be reminding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that, after only two years of Democratic control, Congress already has a lower approval rating than even President Bush's.

To the extent Mr. Obama becomes a successful president, it will be because he remains his own man and trusts the brilliant political instincts that have gotten him this far, this fast."

Posted by Cigar Mike at November 8, 2008 04:58 PM

Comments

OK -

IF - the President Elect has become at WORST a later day Clintonite, as it seems from his appointments and staff - I AM ROOTING FOR CHICAGO.

-S-

Posted by: Dr.Shalit [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 8, 2008 10:18 PM


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