Recent Obama Dealings.....

To me there seem to be cracks developing in the Obama armor. Not to criticize for fear of being labeled as "following the party line" [republicans] but only to point out some things that have developed that are glaring to me. Firstly I am short of appalled at the increasingly egotistical anecdotes and actions I see coming from the White House. To me Obama has been getting his way, being the golden child of the democratic party and now is the first time he has encountered resistance in his political life. Republicans couldnt touch him because he was untouchable, clean...no democrat could challenge because everyone knew he or Hillary was the best chance at the White House. He has stepped up his rhetoric and just watching his interviews he seems to be increasingly impatient with questions from reporters and any resistance he gets from either side of the aisle. A posting on Drudge report [http://www.newsweek.com/id/202875] sparked my interest and inspired me for this post talking about how he has not been open. Refusing to release names of executives who visited the White House to talk about very many important issues facing the American people today. He seems to also be ignoring [for an administration which is overly concerned with polling data] what the American people have been expressing which is a concern for the future. Keeping the budget deficiet LOW. Two more things about the growing ego of Obama and his smug posture lately....what he is doing to Hillary Clinton is a crime. A great politician, a strong advocate for America....we know she doesnt take shit. She has been relegated to the sidelines, Obama wants to make a name for himself being the savior of the world and solving all the world issues and he doesnt want Hillary to be any part of it. A special envoy is dispatched all over the world in hot spots and she is out of sight and out of mind. Secondly the use of ACORN in the upcoming census scares me to death. It is WRONG to use a politically connected and overtly left leaning organization to collect all personal information on citizens and no doubt solicit some of their views when being paid by the country to go door-to-door. This I believe as do many others is an attempt to mobilize the second coming of the Obama Army which will be revamped for a re-election bid. I think it has to be against some ethics code to be using an organization like this for a census.
Now I am not one of those crazies out there who believes in conspiracy theories or anything like that. Nor do I believe that there is some socialistic take over being done covertly by Rham Emmanuel and Obama but I do believe that we are getting away from some of the things that made America great and made it what it is today. Adam Smith - one of the greatest political/economic philosophers ever and one who had a great impact on our country today saw government as this - a regulator of the public good. A public good is something that everyone uses and needs but no one wants to pay for i.e. roads, streets lights, police etc. We seem to be getting away from that believing that many more things are public goods, which in turn is not so good for the public. If Obama wants to do all of these things maybe he should open up a debate about our basic principlas as a nation [a debate he would sorely lose], I say this all tounge in cheek. Mainly though his growth of ego and his seeming frustration and inability to do what he said he was going to do [bridge the partisan gap] is really troubling to me. If he was going to bridge that gap he couldnt have an ego, but maybe he only said that because he has an ego. I am not spelling his demise here nor and saying anything concrete the jury is still out....but one thing is for sure, he is every day becoming more messianic and hardline in his rhetoric and approach to some really tough and lasting issues and I just hope some of the air is let out and he can take a step back and take the time to think about what world he is going to leave me.