Victor Davis Hanson: Where Did These Guys Come From?

"So what drives his agenda? What are its origins?"

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"A third and final ingredient to Obamism is the Chicago way. Here we see an interesting updated version of the old big-city, Daley thuggery. Rahm Emanuel threatens recalcitrant congressmen with reminders of the long Obama memory. The Axelrod/Jarrett clique ensures that the government channels stimuli to blue-states, that key Congress people are bought off with tens of millions of government largess, that every campaign promise—from no lobbyists and airing on C-span health care debates to posting impending legislation on the Internet for set durations and 'reaching across the aisle'—is simply cynical fluff that no sane person would take seriously."