Since taking office President Obama and his team have been through a litany of Republican targets before the current crusade against Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Going back to the early weeks of the Obama administration, Power Play can detect a shifting and sometimes obscure demonology of the president’s political foes.
Lots of Republicans have criticized President Obama or Democratic policies over the past two years, but the administration has been selective about deciding which criticism to answer, and which to not elevate by response.
Witness how the administration has treaded carefully around Sarah Palin questions since Robert Gibbs’ bringing up her “death panels” accusation in August of 2009. Gibbs took a Palin tweet and made it into the buzzword for the long, angry months leading up to the eventual passage of the president’s health care law. That’s not good branding.
While Gibbs would mock Palin five months later for writing notes on her hand, questions about the former Alaska governor are now mostly met by those in the administration with words like “interesting” or “fascinating.” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe did suggest in a strategy call with reporters last week that Palin was Obama’s preferred 2012 foe, but the administration has been at pains not to create a Obama-Palin rivalry.
The same can be said of other Republicans who take shots at the administration: Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana during the battle over oil spill response, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and the fight over federal funding for schools, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Obama restrictions on the oil industry, and even Gov. Jan Brewer on the subject of illegal immigration.
Read More: by Chris Stirewalt, Fox News
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This is our president………What a creep !!!!
He is a low life, low class jackass.
Abuse of Presidential Powers!
Obama is doing nothing more than abusing his power as President to punish those whom do not agree with his policies.
Rush Limbaugh is constantly being audited by the IRS.
Governors Jindal of La. & Perry of TX. are being punished via the Gulf Moratorium on drilling which is killing their economies.
Governor Brewer of Az. is being punished by ridiculous lawsuits by our government over their new immigration law.
Governor Christie of N.J. is being punished over federal funding of schools & due to one minor error on one page of a 400 page reuest was refused federal funding.
The President is a rude soiled child that needs a time out in the corner. He is reported to be taking Meds for depression; maybe they need to add Meds for anger management and behavior problems. They do it in the schools why not in DC. They can not behave on their own just look at them on TV – the term bad tempered FOOLS comes to mind.
John you're right he is spoiled if I don't get my way I'll get even with you.He probably learned this from his socialist liberal mother.when he was born in Kenya and played with the village kids if he didn't get his way he would pick up his spear and go back to his hut to sulk.His grandma would console him and tell him one day you will have ways to get even with people who disagree with you.