This morning the New York Times reports that Obama has asked David Plouffe to come back to oversee the Democrats fall campaigns from the Whitehouse. While Plouffe is a master of nuts and bolts political stuff, his reappearance says a lot about how Obama plans to govern moving forward from here. Just yesterday, Plouffe's column from the WaPo was highlighted on Real Clear Politics. Plouffe's first item on his list of things that must be done for the Obamacrats to succeed in November? No surprise -- he says that they have to get the healthcare bill passed. If Obama listens to this advice (and it looks like he will), he will spend the next few months working on this toxic mix of anti-job, pro-regulatory, pro government intrusion bilge. The fact that the bill is strongly opposed by a majority of Americans seems to have been lost on this group. They truly believe that Americans just do not understand the bill and that once they have explained it better, all will come to support it. It is either one of the most brilliant strategies in political history or else it is a ticket to oblivion to the Democrats majorities on Capitol Hill. I vote for the latter, but only time will tell.
In any event, the selection of Plouffe seems to mean that a true pivot by Obama towards the center and towards action (as opposed to words) on unemployment and the economy is unlikely to say the least.
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