Suffice it to say that humility is not among Barry's attributes, as his recent hot-mic gaffe amply demonstrated: he stated unambiguously to the Russians that they need to cut him some slack until after he's elected. Not "re-elected", not "wait and see what happens" - he'll have more flexibility after he's elected. It's a foregone conclusion. Americans, after all, can't dump the first white african-american president; that'd be racist. And with the Martin homicide, he's already started playing that card.
It's typical for him, the guy who campaigned on a platform of post-partisanship, unity, and transparency.
Exactly three days after taking office, Obama displayed his post-partisan ethos, telling then-House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, "Elections have consequences, Eric. And I won."
In the runup to the 2010 elections, Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry confided to Obama that the situation in his state reminded him uncomfortably of 1994, to which Barry replied, "Well the big difference between here and in '94 was you've got me." Berry resigned rather than seek re-election. Democrats lost by a margin of historic proportions.
Yet Barry remains supremely confident; certain that the November election is in the bag.
And he's crowing about the lackluster arguments his administration put before the Supreme Court last week, because whatever they decide will be incorporated into his campaign. As mentioned here previously, he'll work the decision relentlessly into a campaign for increased socialism. It doesn't matter whether the Court upholds or strikes the law, Barry can work it either way. It is, in fact, likely to his advantage if the Court strikes the law.
Indeed, Democrat S.Carolina Rep. James Clyburn today stated that if the health-care law is overturned, Obama should campaign against a conservative, activist U.S. Supreme Court. After all, it worked for that other Great Uniter, Franklin D. Roosevelt. And Barry's credentials as a Great Uniter are now established.
