This was an amazing read. Honestly, the first half is something straight out of dailykos. I never dreamed any republican leader would acknowledge their upcoming destruction so vocally. What is even more remarkable than his many salient points in analyzing their impending defeat is his 9 points for real change. Out of NINE POINTS, how many address health care? The economy? The Iraq war? Newt himself acknowledges that the American people view the Democrats as better able to handle all the above major issues- and his solution for "real change" is to address none of them. Democrats are going to make major gains in Congress this fall, and we'll have a dem president as well. Another reason Obama is the better candidate than Hillary is that he is less likely to create a future backlash like the one we're seeing now against repubs. Hillary the "fighter" would use her mandate and majority in congress to push through major changes, whether the repubs liked it or not, and stonewall opposition- as Bush and the last congress did. This would create another backlash, but against dems, in the future. Obama will be an effective leader to push the changes we need in health care, energy policy, and economic reform- but he will respect the opposition's opinion and be willing to compromise.
What are you basing that on? The single year he served in the U.S. Senate before starting his bid for the Presidency? The guy can't unite his own party for chrissakes! How is he gonna unite both Dems and Republicans? Unless by "unite", you mean he's gonna get everything he wants and the GOP will cave and go along with him. That's a definite possibility since the GOP doesn't seem to stand for anything anymore. As far as the economy, what exactly is Obama's plan? I've heard him talk about raising income taxes(along with letting the previous tax cuts expire) and capital gains taxes. That certainly won't help the economy. What's his plan for energy? I don't mind his opposition to the gas tax holiday. I actually agree with him on this. But what will he do instead? And as for the war, he wants to withdraw all troops from Iraq. Ok, then what will happen when that region goes to hell? Will we be right back in there in a worse situation than before? The Bush Administration deserves plenty of criticism for having no exit strategy. But so will an Obama Administration for having no post-exit strategy(and sitting down and negotiating with Ahmedinijad does NOT count).
I don't buy that. His personality makes him easier to work with, but his political views could come straight from the Fabian Society. His proposed solutions for healthcare and energy policy are diametrically opposed to what Republicans say they believe in. (I haven't heard anything from him about economic reform.) Now Republicans have done anything they say they believe in for 8 (16?) years, but an avowed Keynesian pushing policy might stir up whatever conservatism is left. Hillary panders, and pandering can mean that you get things done.
I don't understand this at all. To me, pandering means you say anything it takes to get elected and then you forget everything afterwards. Pandering is very unprincipled and is part of her problem. Pandering makes it difficult to get things done because Hillary will discard the people she pandered to once she pulls out or wins. After November (or after she pulls out of the Dem contest), let's see how much Hillary talks about guns rights or attacking Iran. Bottom line: Pandering is an insult to the intelligence of the people being pandered to. How that would help get things done as president escapes me.
I'm not saying that you get what you want done. You just can get something done. Exhibit A Ideologues like Obama generally aren't very effective in politics.
I guess I understand what you mean but what is the point if you don't know what will "get done"? So now Obama is an ideologue. Okay. People said the same thing about Reagan. I guess it depends which side of the partisan divide you live on.
http://www.murraysabrin.com/PressReleases.aspx?ID=51 Murray Sabrin's (GOP candidate for NJ Senator) open letter to John McCain: