Barack-Handed Compliment

A year ago, I promised to sing about our President's successes aa loudly as I complained of his failures. I've certainly done enough of the latter, and hope that tonight I'll finally be able to do the former.

The early indication is that tonight's State of the Union address will bring Obama's administration back to a populist approach.  Supposedly he's going to reset his focus on things the country is clamoring for like job creation and off of things the don't need as much like fast-tracking healthcare.  Cheers to that!

But now you have to ask WHY he's doing this.  That answer is easy - the honeymoon is over.  Scott Brown's election in Massachusetts is just the latest signal that Americans are getting tired of all the lofty claims still unrealized and the migration to the extreme left.  Basically he's doing it in preparation for the 2010 and 2012 elections.

So I applaud that it seems he will finally be a representative of his countrymen, doing what THEY want rather than what HE wants.  But at the same time I have to ask why its taken so long.  Better yet, why has it taken a weakening of his party to do it?  Political officials are elected to enact the will of their people.  Our primary mission was clear from jump street - get us working again. Yet its only now that his poll numbers are dropping and his party is losing seats that he's doing it.  Polls have shown for months that the citizens don't agree with his healthcare plan, but only now is he changing.

Whatever the reason is, the change is correct.  If tonight follows the predictions, tomorrow I'll be congratulation Obama's.  If not?  Well...