From President Barack Obama, at his press conference yesterday, from the Wall Street Journal, “Parties Vow to Seek Common Ground”:
I don’t want to try to read the tea leaves on election results.
Let SLL give you a hand, Mr. Obama. You lost, big time. People don’t like Obamacare, the scandals, the incoherent foreign policy, or the economy, which despite all the dubious statistics still feels like it’s stuck in first gear and could pop back into reverse at any time.
What I am going to try to do as president is to make sure I’m advancing what I think is best for the country.
That Mr. President, is a big part of the problem. You know best, or think you do, and you’re not interested in other points of view, even when they are registered in a huge electoral victory for the other side. That’s not leadership, that’s childish self-absorption and denial.
I’m the guy who’s elected by everybody, not just from a particular state or particular district.
But when most of the particular states and particular districts in the country are voting against you and your policies (especially states and districts that have formerly supported you), don’t you think perhaps you should demonstrate a little humility and acknowledge that, unenlightened as they may be, the majority of voters didn’t see things the way you do? This is, after all, politics, the art of getting people to do what you want them to do.
If Mr. Obama does not do some growing up in a hurry, it’s going to be a long 806 days (but who’s counting?) until the next president is inaugurated, assuming Obama does not declare himself Emperor for Life.
