After a mostly lackluster 2014, Obama was able to score a series of wins in the last six weeks by going on the offensive with a string of executive actions, a hitherto-secret plan to normalize relations with Cuba and a satisfying compromise on the omnibus.
“He doesn’t feel constrained anymore,” said Steve Elmendorf, the prominent Democratic lobbyist and veteran of Capitol Hill. “I think he felt constrained before the election, a little too constrained, to protect vulnerable senators. Now he has a little more breathing room.”
A former senior administration official said that a more confident Obama has emerged since the midterm dustup: the one who hates to lose. While political pundits and others in the Beltway have been portraying him as a lame duck, Obama has fought back against that notion, the official said.
“The most remarkable trait of Barack Obama is that he’s always had a confidence about him regardless of political wins or what pundits are saying,” the former official said.
‘Liberated’ Obama builds momentum for final two years | TheHill
Apparently the emperor is only concerned about what the peasants in this Republic think ahead of elections, and the author of this article believes that having NYPD officers executed is a political victory for the President.
And Obama’s approval rating is down from election day.
Just in case you forgot for a minute that progressives are completely insane.
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