Hmmm….(And I thought the President quoting from Spider-Man was amusing…..)

And even Mumia complimented him!

Ask, Now Tell?

[col. writ. 12/10/10] (c) ’10 Mumia Abu-Jamal

The repeal of the Clinton-era relic, ‘Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell’
has marked the second time that President Barack Obama has
passed a bill that Bill Clinton couldn’t when he was
president.

The first, of course, was the Health Care act; the ‘Don’t
Ask – Don’t Tell’ policy repeal was the second.

In spite of the wars abroad and the sad state of the U.S.
economy (not to mention the drubbing his party took in the
mid-terms,), Obama has adroitly turned negatives into
positives.

The repeal of DADT wasn’t really on the radar until after
the the mid-term elections, perhaps because Democrats didn’t
want to face a wave of hit ads branding them as liberal
activists for supporting repeal.  After the losses of
November there was nothing else to lose.

But while one powerful Democratic constituency, gays and
lesbians, pulled off an upset, the same couldn’t be said for
another constituency; Hispanics.

Although the nation’s fastest growing minority, they didn’t
have the muscle of gays and lesbians, who let the
administration know they were not happy.

Now, for want of 5 senatorial votes, the DREAM Act was lost.

It’s quite unlikely that a Republican House will move such
and immigration -friendly bill forward.

That said, Obama has proven himself and adept politician,
able to move when seemingly stymied.

–(c) ’10 maj

JANUARY 14th UPDATE: Here’s a more positive view, from the predictable place.