Conservative
Type 40
Democrats gripe on Obama campaign—John Podhoretz - NYPOST.com
Al Hunt, who was for decades the voice of liberal conventional wisdom as the Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, declared yesterday in his Bloomberg column that Obama needs an intervention.
Channeling the view of a dozen unnamed leading Democrats, Hunt said the central challenge is for Obama to craft a compelling narrative from the president and campaign, which [these Democratic sages] describe as unusually insular and arrogant.
The Obama people wont listen, he complained: Any outreach by Obamas Chicago acolytes to hear out these arguments is limited and superficial. A longtime Democratic strategist predicts defeat unless there is some boldness.
E.J. Dionne perhaps Obamas most devoted op-ed-writing fan reported that campaign honcho David Axelrod was finding it necessary to buck up the staff because it has become clear their guy may lose.
Now, I think Obama is right that, as a matter of policy, the United States should make special provision for those brought to the United States as children by illegal-immigrant parents. But it is wrong, and possibly unconstitutional, for a president to arrogate to himself the power to pick and choose which laws his administration is going to enforce.
That is banana-republic stuff. Of course, youll never hear his acolytes saying so. Theyre too worried about him losing to object to questionable behavior on a matter as inconsequential as the rule of law.