It will be a year, in another day or so.
Main fault? He and his party didn't do enough to sell policies at home, probably, or to beat back a rising tide of falsely fanned anxiety, hatred, and fear.
This is probably a combination of a number of reasons, some good and some bad; but he's losing the initial connection and a new motif is not there to replace it. In interim elections, the Democratic base ... didn't show up.
We did not see the beginning of a new transformative politics take hold, partly because of exigencies. Indeed, the nation seems as gripped as ever by its broken third branch.
Recalling, "God of our weary years, God of our silent tears." How far we've come, to be at the same place, inches forward.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Obama-Biden at Year 1
