[lbo-talk] Mark Halperin: Obama wins

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 22 08:50:21 PDT 2010


[Tomorrow's conventional wisdom today, from uber-hack Mark Halperin.]

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1974005,00.html

The President, however, may be indifferent to the acrid fussing of his Republican foes. He will be able to bask once again in the glow of positive press coverage (accented by a momentous signing ceremony), which will focus on four areas helpful to the Democrats' prospects in November: the masterful display of White House patience and competence that got the job done; the elements of the legislation that are in fact consistently popular with large numbers of Americans, such as its insurance-company crackdowns; the return of the meme that Republicans are the party of No; and the accompanying rising poll numbers for the Administration and the new law.



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