Conservatives Must Avoid The Siren Song Of

You Know, You Just Know, That After The President Goes Out There And Announces He Wants To Make Community College Free For All Americans - As Though Anything Government Does Is 'free' - Or Is Unilaterally And Unconstitutionally Legalizing Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants, He Comes Back To The Offices, Pulls Out The Presidential Blackberry, And Gleefully Follows Along As The Right Goes Completely Ape Over These Wild Policy Decisions.

The Exit Polls Suggest That After A Relatively Disappointing First Term, Obama Managed To Reassemble Almost All Of His 2008 Electorate.

Here's A Very Good Rule Of Thumb In Politics: Losing Begets Losing.

Making Recess Appointments When The Senate Isn't In Recess Is Neither Rational Nor Moderate. It's A Raw Misuse Of Executive Power By A President Whose Love Of Government Is His Most Vulnerable Spot With The Electorate.

Hurtling The Pentagon Into An Unprecedented Budgetary Meltdown Is Horrifically Irresponsible. Obama Doesn't Care. This Is War - Not Against The Taliban, But War Against The Gop. He Has Republicans On The Ropes, And That's A Victory He Savors And Desires - Unlike Afghanistan, Where He Seems Only To Want To Turn Tail.