Is Barack Obama Like Dwight Eisenhower?
By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
Many writers, including me, have compared George W. Bush to Harry Truman. In my Creators Syndicate column for this week, I compare Barack Obama to Dwight Eisenhower. Apt?
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Obama like Eisenhower?
No. Eisenhower served his country.
I would disagree in that Carter did not win with a large margin, certainly not one as large as Obama has won.
The important question is whether that margin was a personal triumph like Eisenhowers, meaning that electorate as such is still as ideologically conservative as it was ideologically liberal in Eisenhower's day, which was probably the real reason for Eisenhowers moderation and bipartisanship.
In that sense, Obama as Eisenhower is probably the best a conservative can hope for.
The answer is NO
I expect more from Barone, who I have been reading for years. Obama not campaiging in-person for Martin is the evidence? And just who is the annointed one distancing himself from ... How about Hilda Solis, Luis Gutierrez and other far-left open-border ethnic activists? And historically-speaking, unlike Obama IKE actually accomplished important things before he was elected president. Americans will discover that Obama's change pablum rings hollow and then we'll see about his ratings.
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