"The day after the stunning upset of the Democratic Party’s sinecure in Massachusetts, I tuned into CNBC to find President Obama making….another speech! I was thinking our young leader might be slightly chastened by the smack down delivered by the Bay State. Instead, there he was, lashing out at – drum roll – tax cheats! Specifically, federal contractors who are tax cheats. Somehow, this seemed odd; the administration’s signature health care program had just been trashed by voters electing Ted Kennedy’s successor, and the president is focused on crooked contractors?
Welcome to Obama’s makeover. It is clear that the president’s advisers have decided that he needs to get angry – and especially at Wall Street. They have taken the voters’ pulse, and found that it skips higher when their leader becomes outraged; the reserved demeanor that worked so well for Obama during the campaign is now considered a handicap, and is being shed like an out-of-fashion suit. Memo from Axlerod: no more Mr. Nice Guy."
This is a big mistake for three reasons:
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