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Lyndon Johnson
As the United States goes deeper into debt, the question has begun to arise about whether Obama will be a failed, one-time president. With spending that is projected to reach deficits of $1.8 trillion this year and $1.3 next year, the debt is expected to spiral to $10 trillion over the next decade.
Now Obama and the Democrats are trying to push through a government health bill which will costs more trillions of dollars. Even so, some believe it will lead to rationed care and extend waiting times. More important, it has been said to limit care to the weakest and most unproductive members of society.
What may really defeat Obama is underestimating the anger among the public, especially against the
Public Option in his health care reform program. No time in recent history has there been a such a revolt against an administration except during the Vietnam War.
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There is an awareness that
- The health care reform will require that Obama go back on his pledge not to tax the middle class, and that especially small businesses will bear the burden.
- The Obama administration was considering a 10-percent national sales tax, a value added tax (VAT).
There is a growing discomfort about Obama sending another 21,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan where American forces are already bogged down and the number of casualties are beginning to mount. How long the public will continue to support what has now become Obama's war already shows signs of doubt as the latest polls shows.
The comparisons are being made between Lyndon Baines Johnson and Obama. Johnson tried to implement the Great Society and continue the Vietnam War at the same time. Johnson's reckless ambition eventually cost him any opportunity for re-election and he decided not to run again.
To be already thought of a failed president, within the first year of occupying the White House, should be a wake-up call for Obama. If his administration continues to hound the CIA and FBI and there is a terrorist attack on U.S. property, he will be blamed. If he continues to listen to those he brought from Chicago to advise him, like David Axelford and the Emanuel brothers, he may doom his chance for a second term. He could bring down the Democrats in Congress with him.
What may finally destroys the Obama presidency is that he brought the tactics that he learned in Chicago to Washington and that appears to be be rejected by the American public.
Sources:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/15/a-failed-single-term/?feat=article_top10_read
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_us/us_angry_summer
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http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2547-Watchdog-Politics-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Democrats-wild-13-trillion-deficit-waking-up-Americans
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2547-Watchdog-Politics-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Obama-health-care-plans-energizes-free-speech-movement
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2547-Watchdog-Politics-Examiner~y2009m8d10-Free-enterprise-attack-by-Democrats-2010-election-issue
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2547-Watchdog-Politics-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Obama-arrogance-helping-Republicans-win-favor
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