Extend Bush Tax Cuts? Don't Call it Compromise, it is Surrender

Barack Obama as an Illinoisan who is also America's first African American president could be expected to be absorbed by Doris Kearns Goodwin's historical work on Lincoln, "Team of Rivals".

An impressive entry on Obama's student resume was serving as president of the Harvard Law Review. In that situation he needed to assume a collegial posture and weigh positions on issues regarding potential articles.

Obama has carried the aforementioned instances into an unrealistic expectation that as president he can deal in a Lincolnesque or Harvard Law Review context with the likes of Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman John Boehner. The only way that historical significance has relevance is if there are enough common facts to establish viable comparison.

Republican Senate Minority Leader McConnell delivered a message after the recent midterm election that should have provided Obama with a strong enough indication to recognize that his grand objective of compromise in the national interest was no more than wishful thinking without practical merit.