{"id":22258,"date":"2014-03-16T20:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T00:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22258"},"modified":"2014-03-16T20:42:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T00:42:40","slug":"the-price-of-governing-as-a-leftist-in-a-center-right-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22258","title":{"rendered":"The Price Of Governing As A Leftist In A Center-Right Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite what you may hear in the media, politically America<\/a> is a center-right<\/a> country. Generally speaking, as Americans we lean toward the middle. The middle has moved slightly to the left, but it is still more conservative than liberal. When America elects a President who moves farther left than the country, interesting things happen. The latest event in this saga was the special election in Florida\u2019s 13th Congressional District<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Commentary Magazine<\/a> posted an article about the election on Friday. The article stated:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a district Ms. Sink carried in her unsuccessful race for governor against Rick Scott<\/a>, a district that Barack Obama<\/a> carried in his two elections, and a district that demographically now favors Democrats<\/a>. In addition, Ms. Sink raised more money and ran a better campaign than Jolly. Even Bill Clinton lent his efforts to her campaign. And yet she lost.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The American people, having lived with the Obama presidency for more than five years, have come to the conclusion\u2013later, I think, than they should have\u2013that he is incompetent, weak, and untrustworthy. And that judgment is directed not just at Mr. Obama; it is implicating his entire party.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barack Obama produced a health-care proposal that was a liberal dream for a half-century. It is a bitter irony for him, and a predictable result for many of us, that having achieved it, it may well set back the cause of liberalism for years to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Clinton has the same problem at one point in his presidency. Democrat candidates did not want to campaign with him. Now candidates prefer campaigning<\/a> with former President Clinton<\/a> to campaigning with current President Obama.<\/p>\n

I am not ready to declare that the Republicans will sweep the 2014 mid-terms, but I do believe that unless they shoot themselves in the foot, the Republicans will do well in 2014. Meanwhile, ObamaCare<\/a> has illustrated the fact that although some liberal ideas may sound good on paper, that does not mean that they are good ideas that will workd well.<\/p>\n

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