I Was Early In Calling Exactly Where We Are Today

Just thought I'd reprise some of my perspicacious calls on the inevitable Obama meltdown that is now in fourth gear and headed downhill. Note these are just the greatest hits from 2009...

Oct 1, 2009:

"The die is cast on the overwhelming concern of the American people, the economy. Based on the last nine months' policy coming from Washington DC, decisions have already been made that have cemented an unexciting, jobless, recovery for at least the next 12-18 months. Stumbling on foreign policy has let loose forces that will prove intractable in the short run. Unattainable success on key issues has been over-hyped to the true believers who will almost certainly be disappointed. The loyalist media is just now starting to shine a critical light. The silent majority is no longer silent, exercised over the venality, arrogance, and buffoonery pervading our government. On present course, historians will be able to sum up the Obama presidency quite succinctly: "it seemed like a good idea at the time."

Oct. 22, 2009:

Remember you heard the precise path here:
1 - Media sheen fades
2 - Never loyal hangers-on (essentially everybody) peel off
3 - Effectiveness is gone
4 - America Moves On

Feb. 19, 2009:

"I guess what I am saying is what I have said before...if The One thinks he can shit on capital and business leaders for four years he's got another thing coming. People who hire other people will hide under their desks, the campaign money will dry up, the layoffs will accelerate, and his base will be be too fat and happy with their bailed-out mortgages and welfare checks to get off their asses to vote for him again. Your average, hard-working, tax-paying American...perhaps not. If Volcker and Buffett love this guy so much they'll do him a favor and whisper in his ear to get ahold of himself and just stand down for a spell. Otherwise, it is One Term City for the Big O...this guy's well of goodwill is a mile wide and an inch deep."

Feb. 3, 2009:

"Finally, and this is not a blunder but rather a fundamental flaw, Obama's legislative support is only as good as his public sheen. The reason he had to stack his administration with Clintonites is that he had no decent network to speak of. His limited experience in government, and life actually, has left him lacking in broad and deep connections to people who can achieve things and stand by him. His quick rise to popularity and electoral promise has attracted a cadre of government and business types to fill the ranks now, but they do so for the sake of Democratic power in and of itself. Does anyone think that previously loyal Clintonites/now Obamites will stay loyal if the bloom starts to come visibly off the rose? I truly wonder how much uphill sledding those around Obama now are prepared to endure. I guess some, but not much."