Count me among those who think that the president made a big mistake in his initial approach, that his attempts to transcend partisanship ended up empowering politicians who take their marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. What matters now, however, is what he does next.
It’s time for Mr. Obama to go on the offensive. Above all, he must not shy away from pointing out that those who stand in the way of his plan, in the name of a discredited economic philosophy, are putting the nation’s future at risk. The American economy is on the edge of catastrophe, and much of the Republican Party is trying to push it over that edge.
David Axelrod got his candidate elected by placing him above the political fray, and he'd like to keep him there. But he didn't foresee that President Obama would have to enact the most important economic legislation legislation of the last fifty years right off the bat.
The whole world is watching. If Obama screws this up because he still wants to be President Gandhi, he's going to pay a political price.
Are you listening, Mr. Axelrod? Time to change course.
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