He is supposed to give a speech on Wednesday night, and his proposals sound like a total sellout to the GOP.
Why doesn't he simply change political parties and be done with it?
Krugman:
What’s going on here? Despite the ferocious opposition he has faced since the day he took office, Mr. Obama is clearly still clinging to his vision of himself as a figure who can transcend America’s partisan differences. And his political strategists seem to believe that he can win re-election by positioning himself as being conciliatory and reasonable, by always being willing to compromise.
But if you ask me, I’d say that the nation wants — and more important, the nation needs — a president who believes in something, and is willing to take a stand. And that’s not what we’re seeing.
You can't be above "partisanship" in this political climate. Obama needs to do what the people who elected him demanded he do, but since his contributors were not "the people," he is listening to them instead.
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