It's pretty clear that Barack Obama is a very intelligent man who surrounded himself with a canny political team. Why, then, are they pursuing bipartisan cooperation with people who have no logical incentive to cooperate? Are they trying to lose the 2010 elections? It seems like they couldn't lose the elections better if they were trying to do so. Perhaps it's some bizarre scheme to revive the days of Bill Clinton outsmarting Gingrich and then coming up with a bunch of lame surrenders and hope the economy improves. I have really no idea what's going on. I had faith in Obama during the election, even when things seemed like they were getting away from him. He always got his shit together.
But now, it seems that Obama is just fumbling here. He hasn't pressed his advantage when he was getting aggressive for the first time in a while. And the Democrats, at least in the Senate, seem bent on cutting down Obama. Sure, some of that comes from the enormous egos of Senators, but it can't all be that moronic and myopic. These are not stupid people. It has got to be intentional. They've got sweet gigs guaranteed no matter if they win or lose, so I really don't think they care. Please convince me this isn't the case. Of course, that would just mean the other alternative, that they're merely stupid, which is frightening in itself.