Coattails or bust

By Creature

Bob Herbert:

The simple truth is that most Republican politicians would like Mr. Obama to fail because that is their ticket to a quick return to power. I think the president is a more formidable opponent than they realize.

Mr. Obama is like a championship chess player, always several moves ahead of friend and foe alike. He’s smart, deft, elegant and subtle. While Lindsey Graham was behaving like a 6-year-old on the Senate floor and Pete Sessions was studying passages in his Taliban handbook, Mr. Obama and his aides were assessing what’s achievable in terms of stimulus legislation and how best to get there.

I understand the GOP has made a decision that their return to power is paved with Obama's failure. But smart Republicans, like Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, who make the decision to ride the coattails of this popular president are the very same Republicans who will survive the Obama era. I'm not sure why that's so hard for the bulk of Republicans to understand.