It’s not just Glenn Reynolds who thinks Obamaism may have jumped the shark. Comes Mickey Kaus to “throw caution to the wind” and predict:
Despite all the innovative e-mobilization and ad campaigns and town halls, the August recess will not produce any effective groundswell of popular support for Obama’s health care reform. Why? The “security” message—which might appeal to the vast middle—is not getting through.
Is this right? Is the light dying?
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