I'm still in the tank for Obama but I agree with Krauthammer again, this makes two weeks in a row, a new record!!

The Great Non Sequitor by Charles Krauthammer

I'm mostly down with Obama's social re engineering thing, howsoever he chooses to frame it, although I must say I'd feel much more confident if I had the sense the country could fiscally afford and readily absorb all that he's proposing. And I could stand for him to be more focused with how he funds his spending priorities. Be that as it may, the manner by which Obama has rolled out his program is indeed intellectually incongruent I believe. I cannot decipher the necessity for it. Obama was elected to work towards the very goals he's set forth; there's nothing at all duplicitous about working towards fulfilling his campaign promises. Why then does he give us the fuzzy math and the circular logic? Why not shoot straight with the American people? Anyone with eyes can see we need to bolster and upgrade our infrastructure, from highways to education to healthcare. There are legitimate, persuasive arguments to be made for pursuing these goals, even with deficit spending if need be. Why give the Krauthammers of the world fuel? There's no rationale for obfuscation; Obama's popularity suggests the public is offering him wide berth to pursue his program. By failing to make the proverbial ducks line up, Obama runs risk of potentially alienating and eventually losing the support of Mr. and Mrs. Joe "Middle-of-the-country" Sixpack.

As I've said previously, I expect more from dude. If you want us to be Sweden, tell us! Lay it out there for us, maybe show us some brochures. Thats what Obama needs, some really cool brochures outlining the benefits of the Social Welfare state. Man, I bet a lot of folks would go for it if he just laid it all out there! Of course Mr. Krauthammer fails to mention that, if the recent polls are to be trusted, a majority of Americans think Obama has done a pretty good selling job already . Only eggheads and nerds like, uh, like...Krauthammer! (not me, no not me) need for the numbers to add up and the socratic arguments to follow form. And another thing: lets not forget that there's a ton of unbalanced, untethered folk out there with guns who've been waitin' on our boy to even hint at being a "Socialist" and then you could get to where there's trouble in the lowlands awful quick. So back atcha Krauthammer! One might say Obama's pragmatism is of the most utilitarian variety imaginable: keep hisself standing and breathing and keep on doing the peoples work, as he so defines it.