The past few weeks haven’t been kind to President Obama or his administration, but you wouldn’t know that by listening to MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry. Not only is she convinced that the Democrats will win seats in the House in 2014, she also thinks that Republicans focusing on “so-called scandals” will actually help Obama.
“This week, [Obama] made it clear – game on,” Harris-Perry said. “Republicans want to block judicial nominations? Here’s three for ya, all at once, for the second most powerful court in the country. That was Tuesday. Box me in on my choice for Secretary of State? How about some in your face choices for National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador in the form of Susan Rice and Samantha Power? That was Wednesday. Vote to repeal my signature piece of legislation thirty-seven times? Well, on Friday President Obama went to California to tell everyone that his law is already working and Republicans just have to deal.”
Harris-Perry was just getting started.
“It may sound like measured policy talk,” Harris-Perry said, “but it is pure electoral defiance.”
Comparing the GOP reaction to the Obama administration scandals to the actions of those during President Bill Clinton’s term, she indicated that Obama is doubling down in spite of them. In addition she noted that while Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan both lost seats in mid-term elections, that only proved that Republicans lose mid-terms, not Democrats.
“Make no mistake about what happened this week,” Harris-Perry said. “The president threw down the strategic gauntlet. To Republicans and Democrats alike, he essentially said: my name may not be on the ballot, but my policies will be.”
As if that weren’t enough, Harris-Perry concluded with one more nails-on-the-chalkboard comment.
“What if it turns out that President Obama knows something a lot of Americans don’t?” Harris-Perry asked. “Here he is, President Obama betting everything that it will work, and that he can convince Americans to make the same bet. There is one word for that kind of audacious: swagger.”
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