As the president visits Charlotte today, it’s a good time to revisit Locke Senior Fellow Marc Rotterman’s recent column for The American Spectator:
Many of my Republican and conservative brethren view this
partisan piece of legislation as a stake through the heart of the
Left and some are already measuring for new drapes in the
Speaker’s office.In fact, in some quarters of the Republican Party
“irrational exuberance” has taken hold. Barack Obama?s presidency
is being compared that of Jimmy Carter.That, in my view, is a mistake.
Conservatives and Republicans who underestimate President
Obama do so at their own electoral peril. Unlike Jimmy Carter,
Obama is a true believer, someone who understands that
transforming policy translates into votes and a citizenry that is
more reliant on the federal government. And unlike Carter, Obama
is a streetwise, tough politician who will not give an inch when
it to comes to his vision of a “New America” — one that is
modeled after European socialism.
By the way, Newt Gingrich responded to Rotterman’s column with this tweet: “Marc Rotterman is right. The Left will go all out to use their majority to change America before November.”
