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How do you know a mistake is a REAL mistake. When Keith Olberman calls for the resignation of a member of the Obama administration:
You have to wait for the 1:20 minute mark to see it but it comes.
Okay, so Olbermann’s a maniac, but even broken clocks can be right twice a day.
Yes I don’t think I’ll be writing that Olberman gets it very often.
The biggest result of the Specter party switch is the loss of cover for Democrats.
They can no longer blame the Republicans for anything over the next two years at least.
They have their 60 vote majority in the senate
They have their majority in the white house
they have the presidency.
They OWN the next two years and every problem that takes place during it, from economics, to job loss to terror they own the lot.
Now they won’t even be able to give phony excuses to their base as to why they aren’t doing x y or z. There is no chance of Specter switching back, the nutroots will now have to be appeased with more than words.
In the short run it will mean a lot more pain for the country, in the long run it will mean the country will see what liberal democratic rule does to a free society.
Be careful what you wish for of Democrats.
UPDATE: The campaign spot mimics my line of reasoning in a way:
Arlen Specter has made the right decision to win reelection right now; the problem is, he doesn’t face the voters right now. He faces Democratic voters in May 2010, and he faces Pennsylvanians as a whole in November 2010. Right now, being a Democrat and being affiliated with President Obama is a winning hand in Keystone State politics. Today, Arlen Specter bet his next term that the political environment won’t change significantly in the next 18 months.
We will see. But it is very, very rare for a political environment to remain in stasis for an 18-month period.
I bet it will be a rather exciting time.
Update 2 : Red State and Flopping Aces get it.
Though Democrats will fail and will blame the previous administration for it, the American people won’t buy it. They elected these guys in 2006 and 2008, and now they expect to see something for it. They have been very patient with President Obama and have been quick to forgive his many rookie mistakes. But, as the Rasmussen survey reveals, they are not so willing to forgive Congressional Democrats. But now, at long last, both the White House and the Congress have to show the voters that they can solve problems, not just make them worse.
Democrats spent trillions and have absolute power. What will they be able to show for it? America and the rest of the world are watching. Republicans, that’s your cue. Hit your marks, and don’t forget your lines.
The president gets one right in the field of cyberwar:
With increasing attempts by computer hackers in China, Russia and elsewhere to break into and sabotage federal and private computer systems, Obama is set to propose a far larger cyberwarfare program than the $17 billion, five-year effort approved by Congress last year, unnamed military and intelligence officials told Tuesday’s New York Times.
Some interesting details…
Among the computer warfare innovations reportedly being considered by the Pentagon is one that would allow a U.S. programmer to secretly enter a server in a foreign country and destroy a “botnet” before it could be deployed in the United States. Botnets are malicious programs that let users commandeer PCs and use them to spread code to other machines, creating vast networks of zombie computers that can be controlled remotely.
In a country where information technology rules this is where part of the fight has to take place, logistics are very important and can make or brake things in warfare and infrastructure. I’m glad to see these guys on it.
…is I don’t think they take any of this stuff seriously. The don’t see it as a war and the idea that a city might be on alert would never hit them. They are thinking like community organizers.
That’s my opinion.
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