I hear the same thing all the time about Deval “Promises, Promises” Patrick, too. “Watch out, Graham—this guy’s a talented politician. He really knows how to campaign.”
Really? And the evidence of this Obama/Patrick political brilliance is…what? That both of them have approval ratings below 45 percent? That neither of them are welcome at campaign events for swing-district Democrats?
But Michael, now Obama’s really pourin’ it on. Have you seen him out on the stump lately? He’s really givin’ it to that Republican House leader, ol’ uh, uh, what’s-his-name. That’s gonna get the Democrats riled up ‘n ready to go in November!
Jim Geraghty at National Review puts the “brilliant” Obama strategy into perspective:
You know why conservative bloggers can’t figure out why Obama is suddenly paying enormous attention to John Boehner? Because conservative bloggers don’t pay enormous attention to John Boehner. In fact, the last people to pay enormous attention to John Boehner were probably his family. This is not to knock him, but to illustrate the inanity of the Obama camp’s last-minute demonization effort. It’s tough to gin up a good Two Minutes Hate after the Two Minute Warning. The economy’s a shambles, and Obama wants Americans to focus their ire on . . . that guy? Him? The orange fella who looks like a hardware store owner who’s managing a House caucus small enough to meet in a phone booth? If he reaches any further, Obama’s next scapegoat will be an actual goat.
Like Tom Brady said on his way into work this morning, “Ouch!”
"The truth is something [Warren] probably prefers not to confront. Harvard doesn’t come calling just because you’re a smart lawyer and a terrific teacher — not with Warren’s modest, Oklahoma upbringing and non-Ivy League education. She is not your typical Harvard professor. At a certain point, when the law school was under pressure to promote diversity, she represented a three-fer: a great lawyer with a national profile, a woman, and a minority, at least by virtue of family lore. "
-- Joan Vennochi
