Obama is not helping the Democrats right now. He'd be more helpful just shutting up. He's touting the stuff that people are upset with. That is not going to help. That is just going to rile up the right. However, I wonder if maybe he wants to mix things up. Maybe he thinks if the Republicans take over they will help him be re-elected as they did for Clinton in 1994. Obama is more about winning than he is about doing. That has been his lifelong pattern. He knows how to win; he is just not sure what to do once he gets there.
That reminds me of what a boss of mine once told me. He compared projects and work in military terms. He said that some Generals are great at taking the city but are horrible at running it. That is why the Army has some Generals that "take cities" and others that "run cities". He said the best way to run a business is the same way. Some managers are great at running a project and getting it implemented and then move on to the next project (i.e. city). Other managers couldn't run a project successfully but could manage it to perfection after its implemented. Obama is the former; he is pretty darn good at taking the city but not so hot at governing it once he has it.
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