“People Are Talking About ‘President Pelosi’ Now”

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Could it be? Less than two weeks from the inspiring images of the inaugural, has Pres. Obama let the focus of power slip to . . . Nancy Pelosi? So suggested Wall Street Journal editorial board member Holman Jenkins on this evening’s Journal Editorial Report on Fox News Channel. Jenkins presented the news not as his own critique, but as the opinion of erstwhile Obama supporters on Wall Street. JER host Paul Gigot elicited the stunning response with a question playing off a comment by Mary Anastasia O’Grady about the paucity of truly stimulative measures in the supposed stimulus plan.

PAUL GIGOT: As a political matter, Holman, why didn’t President Obama–70% approval rating in the polls–he really could exert some influence over his party on Capitol Hill—he chose not to.

HOLMAN JENKINS: That’s an excellent question. I mean, the Republicans took him at his word. He said that he wanted a non-porky stimulus bill, one without a lot of earmarks. And instead he got–I mean, people on Wall Street who support Mr. Obama, voted for him, gave him money, are talking about ‘President Pelosi’ now. This thing is actually more of a defeat for him I think in the long run than we’re giving it credit for now.

Fellow WSJ board member Stephen Moore, founder and former president of the Club For Growth, fleshed out the portrait of a president who let himself be rolled . . .

STEPHEN MOORE: Isn’t it unbelievable, Paul? Just nine days ago Barack Obama was coronated; this is a president with 75% approval. Nobody expected this to happen. I think the most stunned person in Washington right now is Barack Obama himself. And the mistake he made was exactly the one that Holman just mentioned—that he allowed Nancy Pelosi and David Obey and all the appropriators to write this bill.

Ed Driscoll: “change has apparently arrived to change the change that just arrived.”

3 Comments

General America wrote:

Where is the poll that suggest Obama has a 70-75% approval rating? Also what the heck has he done to approve of?

Monday, February 2, 2009 at 1:44 PM | Permalink
bigtimer wrote:

As far as I am concerned, whether O knew about what all was in the Pelosi Stimulus Bill or not, he agrees with all of it…he is as far left as they come.

He can say whatever he wants, just look at his past voting records, he may end up being surprised by what all happens in the Senate…I can hope.

Change may be coming…lol.

Monday, February 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM | Permalink
Dave wrote:

That is pretty interesting, given that Pelosi and her fellow congress critters had far more to do with the creation of Porkzilla than did Obama. I doubt he had much, if any, real input. What is more, some of his public pronouncements about it suggest to me that he may not know much about what is in it.

Obviously, the dems had this bill written long before Obama was even thought of as POTUS, as there is no real change anywhere it it, but just more of the same.

-Dave

Monday, February 2, 2009 at 4:34 PM | Permalink

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