Yes We Can, But...!

There is no denying that the Obama administration is in deep trouble, just as there is no denying part of that trouble is caused by the economy and the legacy they inherited. However the mess and the muddle they got themselves into since Obama took over, is of there own making.

Two years ago the American public wanted rid of Bush and the Republicans, that situation was ripe and ready for the picking, an opposition dream comes true and the Democrats capitalised on it.

Now, the situation is similar but for a very small change – the tables have turned. In addition to that, the same public who wanted Obama to rescue them is still waiting to be saved; the same economy that needed healing is still waiting for a treatment and the same folks who needed jobs are still looking for work!

Watching Obama with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show was entertaining and funny (I guess it was supposed to be) but at the same time it was personally vindicating for me – because I never once bought into all the hoopla and that “hopey-changey” nonsense he was peddling to America and the rest of the world. I suspected all along that he is an empty vessel decorated with great sounding rhetoric and a gift for pulling the right heartstrings given the correct aid, in his case, a teleprompter and an audience.

America wanted and even needed change and he embodied it! It was that simple!

But after 20 months in office, and trillions of dollars down the pan, Obama’s best achievement is a Health Care plan most people neither want nor understand and as he puts it “We have done things that some folks don’t even know about” – plus of course a new slogan “Yes we can, but ….”

The Daily show might be a spoof, but the message people got from it was painfully real.

Republicans now have a golden opportunity to seize and capitalize on; the current administration is weak, fragmented and unable to deliver but still it should not be underestimated, losing midterms has in the past jolted many governments back to life and invigorated them – the same can happen here if the GOP takes their eyes of the ball.