Instapundit has a couple of posts up we would like to share our thoughts on:
RASMUSSEN: “Thirty-eight percent (38%) of U.S. likely voters believe the nation is now moving in the right direction, down slightly from a week ago and the first drop since March. It’s too early, however, to say if it’s a trend in the making. . . .
It would be interesting to know what % of those that respond favorably to President Obama’s progressive agenda actually pay attention to political news. How many of them spend more time watching American Idol than reading the Wall Street Journal?
The second item involves today’s Wall Street Journal editorial from Karl Rove:
PRAISE FOR OBAMA FROM KARL ROVE: “Barack Obama inherited a set of national-security policies that he rejected during the campaign but now embraces as president. This is a stunning and welcome about-face.”
Although, from the same editorial:
Mr. Obama’s appealing campaign images turned out to have been fleeting. He ran hard to the left on national security to win the nomination, only to discover the campaign commitments he made were shallow and at odds with America’s security interests.
Mr. Obama ran hard to the center on economic issues to win the general election. He has since discovered his campaign commitments were obstacles to ramming through the most ideologically liberal economic agenda since the Great Society.
Mr. Obama either had very little grasp of what governing would involve or, if he did, he used words meant to mislead the public. Neither option is particularly encouraging. America now has a president quite different from the person who advertised himself for the job last year. Over time, those things can catch up to a politician.
If that’s praise, we would love to see criticism.
