Just so you know. Still think we elected a Good Man?

Say cheese! And march, my oppressed brothers and sisters. For FREEDOM!

Kurtz: In Radical-in-Chief, I describe the “inside/outside” or “good cop/bad cop” strategy favored by Obama and his organizing mentors. The idea is that a seemingly moderate “good cop” politician works on the inside of government, while coordinating his moves with nasty Alinskyite “bad cops” on the outside. Reports that Obama’s own organizers helped put together the Madison protests fit the model. That coordination is necessary to achieve Obama’s real goal:

Where are the howls of outrage from the mainstream press, I wonder?

Unemployment at 10.1%, underemployment at 19.6. 1 in 5. Meanwhile, inflation is starting to kick in, so we can soon expect interest rates to rise. Along with food, clothing, and energy prices. I predict soup lines. Followed by pitchforks. And maybe funny hats.

(h/t Mark Levin)

Kurtz, pp 382-386: The most important clue of all to what the Obama administration may be up to comes from a fascinating analysis by Huffington Post political editor Thomas B. Edsall. Published in April 2010 by The Atlantic, Edsall’s article, “The Obama Coalition,” argues that the electorate is shifting toward a form of class-based political conflict unseen in America for decades.54 As a rule, says Edsall, economic growth reduces competition

Discuss.

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“Here’s what President Barack Obama’s new budget tells me: He hasn’t shifted to the center, he’s shifted into 2012 campaign mode, one that let’s him be who is really is.” So says James Pethokoukis. Says protein wisdom, wait, you mean this was ever in doubt?