On April 28, 2009, there was a lot of celebration here because Arlen Specter, the then 29-year Republican seniaor Senator from Pennsylvania, had switched parties. In fact, a diary made it on the rec list celebrating this fact. In response, I wrote a diary which I believe was a much needed wake-up call to the progressive base, at a time when the Obama Presidency was still young.
The gloating today has been painful, very painful. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. You never want to peak too early, and Obama is peaking very, very early.
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The economy is badly, badly sick and so far Obama has shown no inkling that he has an idea to fix what's sick with it
Apparently, at the time, this message was too much for some to take. I would argue that I was being prescient; that if the community had seen things my way then, much heartache could have been avoided and more intelligent strategic decisions could have been taken. Expectations would have been tamped down. But the response of most here was to call my diary concern trolling. It was not. But I was even more harsh.
