The Hill’s Sam Youngman appears to be saying it’s just politics in his description of how Team Obama is maneuvering its man to win in 2012 – that would be the identical man that nearly the same team presented in 08 as the harbinger of the new politics.
So here’s how Campaign 2012 is shaking out (highlights are mine):
Youngman writes:
Sometimes it really doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.
Team Obama is banking on it.
Because it’s like this: President Obama’s jobs bill isn’t going to pass right away.
And it won’t pass next week or likely even next month.
And the dirty secret inside the White House is that while the jobs plan is what Obama really wants, he can live happily with the alternative — a fall battle that ends with Republicans voting against tax cuts for the middle class.
Because while Obama would love nothing more than another 1.9 million jobs, he feels like he can save his own job just by having the fight. And if he gets both the package and the fight over it, then Obama gets another four years at the White House.
If that seems nakedly cynical for a man who promised hope and change, then welcome to the realities of reelection.
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