I’ve mentioned this before in the context of healthcare, but the Obama administration’s apparent tactic of making people perceive popular critics as radicals is very widespread. This is a pretty ingenious move by the president, who has faced constant criticism as being too weak. He is clearly not too weak, he is very shrewd. Mr. Obama plays good politics but will it make for good policy? Nothing radical has been passed yet, but he appears to be playing himself into a good position.
Update: Wonkette has, of course, their own take on this.
