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By Mark Halperin   -> TIME magazine

Who would have thought that one of Barack Obama's biggest missteps as President would be repeating some of the bad habits of George W. Bush? No single factor was more instrumental in Obama's 2008 victory than his pledge to completely reverse the nation's course once in the White House. Instead, over the past year, Obama has mimicked some of Bush's most egregious blunders, leading to much of the political predicament in which the present decider finds himself today.

This is not to say that Obama has maintained Bush's policies, although his Administration's continuity on issues ranging from Afghanistan to Wall Street has alienated the left. And he certainly hasn't done himself any favors by failing to inspire the general public to rally around his agenda. But Obama's stumbles atop the high wire of running the federal government have created perhaps the greatest danger to his presidency, and they are oddly reminiscent of the misguided practices that tripped up his predecessor.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/polit…..z0hcWeAz6X

scrap congressional careers. 8 year limit of 2 year terms then a MANDATORY 8 year wait to rerun

Wow, maybe the MSM really IS turning on Obama – that's one of the worst things of all in their eyes, to be anything like GWB. iit here they're upset because they don't think Obama is going far left enough – Bush was never tied in with GOP Congressional leadership the way Obama is with Pelosi and Reid, the latter group are the Three Stooges. And the domestic economy generally didn't need the attention during the Bush years as it does now.

The MSM and the rest of the left did moan and complain about Bush so much it about shut down him on every issue except the war in Iraq late in his last term, but Obama still only gets positive coverage from them – he just doesn't want to talk to them.