Obama Wearing Thin

With his win over Hillary Clinton in the Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama became the darling of the American Left and mainstream media. He was a fresh face who embodied everything the Democratic Party had come to hold dear, namely radical leftism. His positions were nearly indistinguishable from those of the woman who was supposedly the presumptive nominee of her party, but he carried none of the baggage that she did (Whitewater, Travelgate, Cattle Futures, Vince Foster, and of course, hubby Bill), or so they thought. In this "Democratic Year" Senator Obama was a gift from God (Do they have a God in the Democratic Party?). The wind was at the Party's back and the Democrats hoped that Republican weakness would allow them to make history by electing America's first Black President. Well history will have to wait awhile folks because it ain't happening.
Yes Barack was on a roll following Iowa (ever notice how every pundit and supporter refers to this guy by his first name as if they were best buddies?) winning primary after primary wiping poor old Hillary off the map. Then came Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, Tony Rezko, Michelle Obama and everything began to unravel. Still, the mainstream media continued their love fest with the man who they felt represented the best hope of bringing to fruition their vision of a Socialist America.

Now however, fissures have undeniably appeared in the armor of the Messiah. Following the revelations about Rev Jeremiah Wright, Senator Obama lost the white vote to Hillary Clinton in every single primary thereafter except for Oregon. In fact, given the way he limped across the finish line, one has to believe that he would probably have lost the primary fight had the Reverend Wright issue come to the fore earlier in the season. The problem is that ALL of these things, Michelle Obama's ill advised campaign remarks , Tony Rezko, William Ayers, and last, but certainly not least the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, have caused people to actually LOOK at Barack Obama and therein resides the flaw. For the more people see of the Senator, the thinner he wears on them. The "spellbinding" speaker quickly disappears once he moves away from the teleprompter, and when questioned on the specifics of any issue now that primary season is over, the Senator displays a decided lack of command of the facts.

Realizing that their man's resume` is thinner than a dessert wafer, the Obama campaign orchestrated an overseas trip in an attempt to cast him in the role of head of State and make him look presidential. It has failed miserably. The "bounce " Senator Obama experienced has seemingly disappeared less than a week since his return and even when his poll numbers vs. Senator McCain were at their best he never broke 50% and in my opinion he never will.

Look, I agree that this is a Democratic year. However, with the exception of George H.W. Bush who really won Reagan's third term, no party has held the White House for more than two consecutive terms since FDR and Harry Truman. So if history is a guide, the Democratic nominee should win, but this presupposes that the Democratic nominee is at least plausible as President. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the American people don't feel that Senator Obama is. He is a 46 year old man asking to be given the biggest, most important job in the entire world and he has no signature achievement to show as qualification for the position he now seeks. I predict that there WILL be a backlash against Republicans this year, but it will not manifest itself in the Presidential Race. Instead, despite the dismal performance of the Democratic Congress, the American electorate will express their dissatisfaction with Republicans by handing the Democrats increases in their majorities in both houses while entrusting the Presidency to someone they feel has both the experience and judgment to comprehend and discharge the duties that devolve upon that office, Senator John McCain. At the end of the day, I do not believe the American people will assign the toughest job in the world to a man who has lead a charmed life, is still trying to find himself and has never held a real job.