With his approval rating approaching the portentous 50 percent mark, President Obama’s survival mechanisms are kicking in.
Author Archives: Alexander Pherson
US needs to learn from past, beware of debt
If the government’s giddiness to take over the medical profession was not enough to frighten you, then an economic crisis bigger than the current one may succeed in doing so.
Obama has too much faith in dealing with Iran
The discovery of a secret uranium-enrichment facility in the holy city of Qom makes it abundantly clear that Iran does not intend to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons, despite its statements to the contrary.
Obama should provide required troops for war in Afghanistan
Fearful of looking weak-kneed for his strident opposition to the war in Iraq, President Barack Obama went to great lengths during the election to prove that he had the intestinal fortitude worthy of a commander in chief.
Playing the race card is old news
With most of the country prepared to put the idea of a “public option” out to pasture, many Barack Obama supporters are betting all their chips on one play: the race card.
Obamacare has not been thoroughly thought out
As anyone who follows politics may have noticed, it is nearly impossible to listen to an Obama press conference and not be asked to accept that there is a “health care crisis” in our midst. In its eagerness to get reform passed, moreover, the administration has justified itself in ignoring the glaring problems with its health care “fix,” relegating facts to the point of irrelevance.
Better to reform the system than try to build a new one
Although we were promised a robust and “bipartisan” debate on every issue, the advocates of more government control of health care have decided that reform has to take place now and on their own terms. While President Barack Obama is insisting that universal health care must be passed as quickly as possible, the Senate Democrats are doing his bidding by threatening to bring the debate to an abrupt close.