"Time to move forward."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

That's the message from the White House. Oh, and Congress? Keep health care alive, but wait for Senator Brown to be seated.

Huh?

Anytime that any party holding an office says the magic words, "Time to move forward," you know that they haven't a clue of what just happened. Even worse, they are even more clueless about their next step.

"Time to move forward" is little more than a canard, a time filler much like um, er, ah, when a bad speaker is giving a poorly drafted speech.

"Time to move forward" is a crutch, a way to plaster over the major problems that you previously ignored.

"Time to move forward" was exactly what the Captain of the Titanic said, ignoring the rising waters, the lack of lifeboats, and the general mayhem within his own ranks.

"Time to move forward" will be the label of this Administration from this day forward. As its members start polishing up their resumes in advance of the 2012 elections.

TIME TO MOVE FORWARD? Are you fucking kidding me? That implies "Staying the Course" and "We need to sharpen our message" or maybe, " We must do better communicating our ideas to the people."

If the Obama Administration thinks that "Time to move forward" is the best that they can do, there is no hope for this administration. That unwieldy herd of cats known as the House of Representatives won't respect him, much less fear him. And that over-bribed, constipated, mentally deficient collection of prima donas, (aka The US Senate) won't risk rocking their corporate fund-raising boats - ever.

RIP, Obama Administration. RIP. If only you had acting like you campaigned. Unfortunately, you have done anything but.

[tekisui]

1. Team Obama: Great at campaigning, weak at governing.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. you said it, Tek.

exactly.

[jannyk]

4. Sad but True :(

[Cha]

3. Yeah, you do all

your little rip for Pres Obama while the rest us do move forward.

Have fun dancing on an empty grave.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. Do you honestly think that without a change of course, Obama

will succeed on any issue in the future?

Right now the House is in a panic, waiting for a strong White House to get its bearings back. The Senate is making up new shit, that they can never pass a law without the GOP. The last time I checked, the senate rules called for any 50 vs 50 tie to be broken by the Veep. Since when did our senate rewrite the constitution?

Yikes. The future is horrible, unless some people grow a spine.

[Larkspur]

5. If retreating is Obama's strategy post Mass Sen election, then he'll be a One-term wonder

The Mass Senate race already showed that an alienated Dem base won't turn up to vote. It will happen again in Nov. 2010 if the Dem leaders keep playing their weak card and definitely will happen in 2012 when Obama will be ousted because his pissed on his base for 4 years.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. At least he admitted that "I made some mistakes" yesterday.

The only question is what lesson he learned, and which direction he will take. His recent history has been less than august.

First and foremost, Rahm must go. I just don't see this president dropping him, though.