What a Difference a Week Makes

On October 26th, one week before the mid-term elections, in a radio interview with Rev. Al Sharpton, the President said,

"Anybody who is concerned about the direction of the country has to understand that this election is as important as 2008."

Here's the part of the interview I really like:

"At another point, Sharpton asked the president: 'So even though your name isn't on the ballot, this is about your agenda and about the progress we've seen you begin to make over the past 20-odd months?'

'Absolutely,' Obama said."

So Barry's point is that this election is all about his agenda and the "progress" he's made.

Evidently the American voters aren't all that crazy about his agenda and his "progress" thus far.

After the elections, Barry said that frustrated voters dictated the Republican takeover. "As president I take responsibility."

"I think people started looking at all this, and it felt as if government was getting much more intrusive into people's lives than they were accustomed to."

So if the election was all about his agenda and "progress" the people aren't buying it any more. They want a change.

Oh, wait! "It's time for a change" was one of his slogans in 2008. Funny how these things come back to bite you.

Here's another great quote from his news conference:

"No one party will be able to dictate where we go from here."

Funny, I think that's how we've gotten to where we are. Obama ran on the promise he wouldn't play partisan politics, but that's how the Democrats pushed health care through. And it's pretty much how the last two years have been.

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