Senator Jim DeMint may have touched off a powder keg last week. Speaking of opposition to Obama’s monstrous overhaul of America’s healthcare system he said:
“If we’re able to stop Obama on this it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.”
Obama didn’t like this comment at all and went after DeMint immediately.
“Just the other day, one Republican senator said – and I’m quoting him now – ‘If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him,’ Obama said, quoting DeMint. “Think about that. This isn’t about me. This isn’t about politics. This is about a health care system that is breaking America’s families, breaking America’s businesses, and breaking America’s economy.”
Odd comments from a man who is rapidly losing the confidence of the American people, specifically on the economy.
Furthermore, US News & World Report points out that Obama’s responding attack on DeMint makes him look weak and diminishes his position as president.
“This is probably the reason he has chosen to take on a first-term Republican United States senator in the debate over healthcare. In political terms, it is somewhat remarkable that Obama has lowered himself to address comments by South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, who suggested that the healthcare legislation, if it could be defeated, would be Obama’s “Waterloo.”
“By responding to DeMint, Obama made him his political equal, at least for the time being.”
Even CNN is reporting that members of the President’s own party are “baffled” by his stance on healthcare:
“As the prospects for passing health reform by the time Congress leaves for its August recess look bleaker, Democratic grumbling about President Obama is growing louder. One Democratic senator tells CNN congressional Democrats are “baffled,” and another senior Democratic source tells CNN members of the president’s own party are still “frustrated” that they’re not getting more specific direction from him on health care.”
Another report from National Journal paints a much bleaker picture and has a story from Senator Charles Grassley where he claims a Democrat congressman described an incident with President Obama where the president said of Democrat opposition to the healthcare overhaul, “You’re going to destroy my presidency.”
“Let’s just lay everything on the table,” Grassley said. “A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn’t going to pass if there weren’t some changes made … and the president says, ‘You’re going to destroy my presidency.’ “
“The White House did not respond to requests for comment.”
The final proof of Obama’s desperation was his rallying cry to the nutroots of the blogosphere. He made it clear to his hardcore left wing base that this is war. First, he held a conference call with them where he urged them to attack opponents of his plan.
Then yesterday, he sent out a fear mongering message over Twitter saying “They’re playing politics with our lives. Fight back.”
This sounds like the politics of fear. This sounds like the desperate flailing of a man who is running out of options.
This sounds like Obama’s Waterloo.
