Obama the Appeaser in Chief?

I read an article on Newsweek.com yesterday by William Broyles. In it he remarks that Obama came into office with plans of being like Roosevelt, instead he counters that Obama most resembles Chamberlain. The author takes great pains to stress that he is not comparing Republicans to the Nazi's that Chamberlain had to deal with but he does feel that time and again Obama bargains from strength but does not use it, gives into Republicans in the interest of appearing Presidential and ends up losing his own party and not gaining any support from the other side.

We can recite case after case. The stimulus that was too small but had to be filibuster proof. This alone set the stage. After a momentous election where Obama won handily he did not bypass the Republicans and go the American people telling them what he wanted to do and stating why he could not. Later we had the health care debate, he gave the project to Congress and told them to come up with a plan. In the end he sold out the public option, he explained himself poorly and lost ground with everyone.

I saw an analyst on MSNBC state that Obama had drawn a line in the sand on the Debt Ceiling and then quipped the only issue was it was in the Republican tent. After stating over and over he would not do a deal without revenue increases to match any cuts but of course he gave up on that.

In short Obama is a man with apparently nothing he will fight for. During the labor struggles in the Midwest this last spring Obama stood on the sidelines. Obama's whole strategy seems to be to offend no one and disappoint everyone.

In my lifetime I have never been more disappointed in a political figure. The whole reelection strategy seems based on the Democrats have to vote for me so lets try to get a few Independents who might be turned off by an extreme Republican candidate. It is a dangerous strategy.

In the article a reference is made to Chamberlain realizing he is not up to the job and stepping down which gave us Churchill. He wishes for Obama to do the same allowing Hillary Clinton to run. Of course this will not happen but the frustration and disappointment with Obama is palpable from all sides.

Someone give him a backbone. Maybe he has Low T? We do not know but it is going to be hard to take seriously the Obama who will soon appear on the campaign trail promising to fight for us and refusing to budge. It will be very very hard to not turn away in disgust.