What to make of empty theater? Discussing something dead before arrival?*
Politically, the Boy King never looked so small, so pedestrian, so marginal. He’s just another cable marketer, flogging a cobbled together package of half measures and flinches. More Goldilocks Syndrome. If this was Obama’s idea of “going big” he’s obviously never even said ‘Supersize’ at McDonalds. And his small ball is already flat. So what was the point?
* (see Comment explaining Boehner and Cantor’s public posture of reasonableness)
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