Although President Obama implied after the most recent election that he may be inclined
work with the entire Congress, his words of late are illustrating the opposite.
With a new proposed tax hike and a list of more government freebies (free Junior College
tuition, et al.) and the president’s most current promise to go on the “offensive”
during his last two years in office, it is clear that he has not taken heed to
the pounding he received in November. Really, why should he since he still has
his “pen” and his “phone?” He is going to go down as the most polarizing president
in U.S. history with his antagonistic inability to engage cooperation from both sides. Any
president can govern by fiat. It takes a real leader to work with both sides of
the aisle.
Two more years to go, and hopefully the damage won’t be terribly
egregious or long lasting. But “hopefully” is the operative word here. . .
