But I can't agree with his short concluding paragraphs:
The president’s challenge now is to halt the slide. That doesn’t mean giving up his goals. It means he has to align his proposals to the values of the political center: fiscal responsibility, individual choice and decentralized authority.
Events have pushed Barack Obama off to the left. Time to rebalance.
I'm sorry, but yes it does mean giving up his goals. His goal is exactly greater centralized authority and less individual choice. And no, "events" have not pushed Obama to the left. His ideology has always been left.
Brooks has always liked Obama and as a media moderate has been somewhat bewitched by his intellectual prowess and speaking ability. So these rose-colored glasses might explain why he has missed the obvious.
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eh, i think it's just socially and professionally convenient for him to miss the obvious.
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ReplyDeleteHe probably doesn't like your school superintendent letter, either.