Michael Barone actually thinks that President Obama is on track to win a second term, but he still can’t help himself:
Obama came to office with the assumption that economic distress would increase support for his policies to (in his words to Joe the Plumber) “spread the wealth around.” But the 2010 midterms make it about as clear as these things can be that voters reject such efforts.
American voters are not seething with envy over income inequality and are not convinced that we’ll all do better if the government takes away more of Bill Gates’ money. Obama, like the academics in whose neighborhoods he has always chosen to live, think they should be seething and that if the message is just delivered the right way they can be convinced.
One of the things I like about Obama is that when he had a choice about where to live, he chose to live in Los Angeles, Manhattan, Boston, and Chicago. But I guess you can hate him for wanting to live in those places, too. After all, those places have gays and college professors and lots of racial and religious minorities. They eat weird things like shawarma and phở.
Why would you hate people for being educated, tolerant, and having more options for dinner than you do? Is it really because smart, well-fed, tolerant and educated people want to spread the wealth around?
