Obama Is Defining Himself In A Way

Imagine His Delight After It 'leaked' That He Will Propose Raising Taxes On The Wealthy By $320 Billion Over The Next 10 Years, Including Increases To The Capital Gains And Inheritance Taxes.

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.

The 2004 Presidential Election That Saw George W. Bush Win With 51 Percent Of The Vote Was The Last One Republicans Will Ever Win With The Overwhelmingly White And Male Coalition They Have Now.

Memories Of The Last Nine Years Have Turned Ground Zero From A Site Of Horror, To A Reminder Of Grief, To An Occasion For Ludicrous Artistic Posturing - And Now To Something Very Close To Parody.

When Obama Was Inaugurated, He And His Team Had An Insight - Though Whether The Insight Was Conscious Or Not I Don't Know. But It Was This: The Tarp $700 Billion Price Tag Was A New Kind Of Model.