Commentary In WaPo by Pat Cadell and Doug Schoen Says It All

The Washington Post has an opinion piece which I consider a must read.  Written by Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen, these two well known and respected Democrats have distilled this administration for the reader and leave nothing to the imagination on the Obama Presidency.   A Divisive Obama Undercuts The Presidency 

It starts out: 

“A divisive Obama undercuts the presidency

By Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen

Saturday, October 30, 2010

President Obama's post-partisan America has disappeared, replaced by the politics of polarization, resentment and division.

In a Univision interview on Monday, the president, who campaigned in 2008 by referring not to a "Red America" or a "Blue America" but a United States of America, urged Hispanic listeners to vote in this spirit: "We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us."

Recently, Obama suggested that if Republicans gain control of the House and/or Senate as forecast, he expects not reconciliation and unity but "hand-to-hand combat" on Capitol Hill.

What a change two years can bring.

We can think of only one other recent president who would display such indifference to the majesty of his office: Richard Nixon…”

It concludes with: “Whatever the caliber of Obama's tactics, they might achieve some short-term success. The Republican Party has offered no narrative or broad solution, and it has campaigned exclusively to take advantage of the negative environment. It contributes merely a promise of a more hostile environment after Tuesday.

With the country beset by economic and other problems, it is incendiary that the president is not offering a higher vision for the nation but has instead chosen a strategy of rank division. This is an attempt to distract from the perceived failures of his administration. On issue after issue this administration has acted in ways that are weakening the office of the president.”

Please read the entire piece. A Divisive Obama Undercuts The Presidency