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Obama Lost His Ability To Push His Agenda Through Congress When He Received What He Himself Called A 'shellacking' In The November 2010 Elections. That Shellacking Was Primarily The Result Of Massive Policy Overreach When He Had A Democratic Congress In His Pocket.

This Has Always Been The Way Of Presidential Politics. The President Rises Above The Fray While His Surrogates Go On The Attack. They Throw The Spears And Fling The Mud; He Sits Upon The Throne.

Some Candidates Need To Say Provocative Things That Make Noise To Break Through The Media Muffle And Get Themselves Noticed.

When Obama Was Inaugurated, He And His Team Had An Insight - Though Whether The Insight Was Conscious Or Not I Don't Know. But It Was This: The Tarp $700 Billion Price Tag Was A New Kind Of Model.

In 2013, There Were 6,261 Black Homicide Victims In The Us — Almost All Killed By Black Civilians.