Today, the day after the mid-term election where the Republicans have regained control of the House after 4 years out of power the question is, will Obama pivot to the center like Bill Clinton in '94? The answer is yes and no.
He will make pledges to work with "the other side". He will moderate his rhetoric to appear as though he is sensitive to the voice of the people. This will be dis-arming for the Republicans but they must understand his strategy. Obama feels that his vision for our country is a highly developed understanding of what is best for society in general. This comes from the consensus that he and his deeply intellectual academics have conceived in the sequestered existence of their Ivy League lecture halls and tenured government positions.
Governing in a Representative Republic is not what he has in mind. Making changes toward his goals through administrative and near impossible to repeal legislation is a much more effective approach. This is what he and the Democrats have accomplished, against the will of the majority of Americans, in a quick 2 years. While the Republicans have been scratching their heads as to why the Democrats would commit political suicide they have pushed an agenda through that will be reversed over his politically dead body. Obama is not a politician like Clinton, he is a revolutionary. He has already set into motion changes and precedence that will not be easily be corrected. Waiting to see if Obama is going to meet in the middle is a waste of time. The people have given their opinion of the direction we have been dragged, kicking and screaming the whole way. Now is the time for a hard line in the sand and an all out effort to undo the damage. In other words, he will not pivot.
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