By Peter Heck
After Barack Obama's self-described shellacking at the polls last Tuesday, astute political observers began postulating and pontificating whether or not he would seek to moderate his agenda from the far-left lollapalooza he has been pursuing since inauguration day.
Without question, such a move would be a humbling experience for a man who chose to characterize his first two years in office by hubris and unparalleled condescension toward his conquered political adversaries.
After all, how does a man who -- as recently as two weeks ago -- told Republicansdo a lot of talking" reach out a hand of bipartisanship when the tables turn as dramatically as they have? that "they can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back," and that they shouldn't "
How does he expect to maintain any shred of credibility when he proclaims that a Republican victory means the people want the two parties to "work together," given that two years ago he declared that a Democrat victory gave him license to lock Republicans out of policy-making and call all the shots?
How does he face a gavel-wielding John Boehner and expect cooperation when after winning the presidency, he boasted in Boehner's face that "elections have consequences and at the end of the day, I won"?
Attempting any of this would require eating so much crow that it would frighten even Alfred Hitchcock. Yet that was the move many political analysts felt was incumbent upon the president. They argued that he must emulate Bill Clinton and move to the center if he wants to accomplish anything and salvage his presidency.
But the president gave them less than 24 hours to discuss and debate his intentions before confirming what many of us already knew...Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton.
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