Barry’s Current Political Capital

I was just reading an article over at Huffingpaste re whether Obama’s popularity would go up in the polls as a result of the killing of Bin Laden.  Well, let’s see.  On the one hand, he’s done something which George Bush tried and failed to do for 8 long years.  Well, he really only tried for about 2 or 3, but he failed for all 8.  On the other hand, TELEPROMPTERS!  On the one hand, Barry has replaced the sledge hammer with the surgical scalpel, the oafish blundering around the world stage with the elegant dance of statecraft.  On the other hand SOCIALISM!

That would make John Boehner Lex Luthor

So the article predicted, and sadly I concur, that there will be a brief bump, and then over the course of a few months it will slide back to its present position.  The reason is obvious.  People are dug in.  Those who hate Obama with a passion are never coming around.  They are the ones  who believe the earth is only 6,000 years old, the ones who believed, up to a week ago, that Barry was born in Kenya.  They are 28% and they are rock solid.

So, the movement will come from his disillusioned progressive base, because we are always ready to give him one more chance, and this was a pretty amazing achievement.  But there’s still a lot we’re ticked off with him about, and in a week or so we’ll remember that.

One thing that Obama does get from the polls is political capital.  It will be very hard for the Republicans to make their case that he is soft on terrorism or defense after this.  In fact, for a week or two, it will be hard for them to really criticize him much at all, if they wish to not be openly mocked.

So, this would be a good time for Barry to give some love back to his progressive base.  Here are some ideas:

1.  Free Bradley Manning.  A simple pardon, coming right now, could just be explained as “Hey, I was feeling generous.”  We on the left would love you forever and the right hates you anyway.

2. Close Guantanamo and the other torture prisons  Because it’s the right thing to do, of course, and you know it, Barack Hussein Obama. The world would rejoice, we on the left would love you forever and the right hates you anyway.

3.  Tax the rich.  Tax the ever lovin’ motherfuckin’ shit out of the rich.  Balance the damned budget.  We on the left would love you forever and the right hates you anyway.

4.  Take Iran’s suggestion and get out of the Middle East completely.  It’s not like they aren’t going to sell us the oil.  For the consumer, it isn’t going to make that much difference.  No better time than the present.  Just declare Mission Accomplished and bring the boys home.  Maybe even have a parade.  We on the left would love you forever and the right hates you anyway.

5.  Fire some of those Wall St. wankers you call your financial advisers, and get Robert Reich in there.  He’ll kick some ass for ya.  We on the left would love you forever and the right hates you anyway.

I am convinced, Barry, that these ideas -or even just one or two of them – would solidify your base and virtually guarantee your reelection.  Use them if you like                                                                      Your pal, Gurukalehuru