Progressive Hypocrisy and the Obama Doctrine
I can remember railing against the Progressives when they labeled President Obama for being weak by compromising on the Bush tax cuts early in the negotiations. Just about to a person they were screaming that he was not stronger enough and that if he did not grow a pair then they would consider mounting a challenger for him in 2012. I remember informing them that there was a method to his madness but I don’t think they heard me. The unions in Wisconsin took a page from Obama’s playbook and did the exact same thing early in the run up to protests and Democratic State Senators escaping to Illinois. They gave into all of the budget demands of Governor Walker early but refused to accept the last of the governor’s demand when he wanted to strip them of their collective bargaining. These same progressives are now applauding this move by the unions and say that by doing this early in the game, they took away any momentum that the Republicans could mount b...