You might know Barack Obama as the most liberal member of the Senate, a hyper-partisan who toed the Harry Reid line an amazing 97% of the time. But Andrea Mitchell sees in Obama a bipartisan president in the making. Appearing on Morning Joe today, Mitchell came close to speaking of an Obama presidency as a given, just managing to curb her enthusiasm. And wait till you see the people she cited as evidence of Obama's bipartisan proclivity.
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Mitchell suggested it was likely that, in his Meet the Press appearance this Sunday, Colin Powell will endorse Obama. She continued . . .
ANDREA MITCHELL: Obama has reached out to people in both parties from a number of generations. Just looking at him surrounded by Paul Volcker and Bob Rubin--Bob Rubin clearly originally in the Hillary Clinton camp, but whose son was very active in Obama's early candidacy. And the fact that he's reached to senior members of both parties in this financial crisis tells you a lot about the kind of foreign policy advice he'll also be seeking.
"He'll be seeking": presumably as president? Getting a mite ahead of ourselves, perhaps? Andrea allowed herself one sanguine thought before reeling herself and her fellow enthusiasts back in.
MITCHELL: I think you're going to see a bipartisan administration, if he is so lucky in 18 days or so be elected. And we shouldn't jump the gun there, just last night at the big Springsteen fund-raiser one of the things that Obama was saying to people was "don't screw it up, don't underestimate the capacity of Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
Let's consider Andrea's evidence of Obama's bipartisan presidency-to-be. Obama is reportedly on friendly terms with Colin Powell, a man apparently poised to endorse him. Not exactly reaching out to an opponent. Bob Rubin? A member of the last Dem administration. As for Paul Volcker, yes he is an outstanding public servant who served in Dem and Republican administrations alike. But let's not forget that he was first appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve by . . . Jimmy Carter.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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What???
October 17, 2008 - 09:46 ET by ChasvsJust what is she drinking, smoking, snorting, or shooting up these days?
She's so full of crap it's coming out of her mouth when she speaks!
BHO is nothing more than a racist, marxist SOB from Chicago!
STOP OBAMA NOW!
I actually laughed out
October 17, 2008 - 11:21 ET by kgI actually laughed out loud. At first I thought she was talking about McCain.
Has any one noticed how MSNBC has started saying "we" when describing Obama's chances on winning the election?
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Mitchell the Comic
October 17, 2008 - 13:11 ET by allanfShe should watch it. Without Russert to restrain her, she looks more and more foolish.
So Andrea,
October 17, 2008 - 09:16 ET by NorthCoasterBarak has a history of bi-partisanship and this is how you know that his administration would be so? What facts do you base this on since his record shows just the opposite?
Yeah, Mark,
October 17, 2008 - 09:18 ET by Indiana JoeOther than Powell (who's no conservative), her examples of "bi-partisanship" were all (both) Dems. Guess to Andrea, they're the only real political party that matters. Shock.
I expect an Obama admin. to be the most partisan attack machine we've seen yet. If he does get elected, it will just be a vindication of that strategy. All the Dems care about is tactics that will get them power, after all.
And, as they say, if it ain't broke....
Jesus Christ was crucified by "community organizers."
I will be so disappointed in
October 17, 2008 - 09:18 ET by SeashellI will be so disappointed in Colin Powell if he endorses Obama. I don't agree with everything Powell has said in the past, but I have always thought him to be a man of integrity. To endorse Obama with his ties to Ayers & Co. would be more than disappointing, and I could only conclude that Powell feels compelled to do so because Obama is black (affirmative action of the presidency).
its not the bias that
October 17, 2008 - 09:20 ET by seaniepits not the bias that fascinates me, it is how these folks can get up there say anything and still have jobs on TV
they don't even make sense half the time
bipartisan
October 17, 2008 - 09:28 ET by XJ.JonLets not take this out of context, guys. What she so obviously means, is that BHO's admin-to-be would be bi-partisan in that it would include Democrats from the far left and "moderate" liberals, as well.
Nobama!
Victory in Iraq!
Palin/McCain08
you got it...
October 17, 2008 - 11:40 ET by wizardjrLeft, and Far Left.
Everyone else will either already be in prison or under indictment (it's already started, see other blogs like Ace Of Spades)
Chatting?
October 17, 2008 - 09:22 ET by oilcanIt's painful to watch AM in anything other than a straightup report from the field. Her delivery is haltlngly stunted. But that's off topic here.
She may not be drinking kool-aid, but she sure is topping off the cups and passing them out freely.
When reality sets in, and if the O is indeed elected, he will find it very hard pressed to anoint a bi-partisan cabinet or administration. There will be so many markers he will have to pay up on, that I do not foresee any Republican or conservative actually seated at his roundtable.
I imagine that at the least, he'll submit names of both parties, to deliver the appearance of "reaching out across the aisle."
Mitchell is entirely correct...
October 17, 2008 - 09:25 ET by The DistributistWe should give credit where credit is due. Mz. Mitchell is prescient in her prognosis. Øbama will unite members of the two Parties like no one in history.
Leaders of the Communist and Socialist Parties will be brought together to achieve bi-partisanship like no President since Woodrow Wilson has been able to achieve.
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Is it me or does Mitchell
October 17, 2008 - 09:27 ET by gregfaheyIs it me or does Mitchell always look and sound like she's on something? She seems to have this flat affect and this narcotic haze to her. Something is not right with her.
I have noticed this too. I
October 17, 2008 - 09:30 ET by SeashellI have noticed this too. I don't know why MSNBC gives her her own show. It is just hard to watch. She stutters, just can't get her words out.
I'm waiting for her forehead
October 17, 2008 - 09:57 ET by SickofLibsI'm waiting for her forehead section to fall off, or an eye module to pop out, revealing a titanium skull.
She's on a liberal
October 17, 2008 - 13:11 ET by marpelShe's on a liberal high....no, she's just so freakin' smug that it makes her look and sound like that. Let's see if the tone changes if McCain wins.
Alan
October 17, 2008 - 09:55 ET by flyoverlandMaybe she's thinking her dopey husband will be named Secretary of the Treasury. Like he didn't do enough already. I can't believe she has the guts to open her mouth about the economy. I can't believe he won't shut his.
No Edward R. Murrow
October 17, 2008 - 09:56 ET by NotafraidAndrea Mitchell gave up on being a legitimate reporter a long time ago.
haze
October 17, 2008 - 09:57 ET by flyoverlandThat haze is a special filter TV uses for old broads. It makes it harder to see the age lines and wrinkles.
Come on Andrea, Get Real!
October 17, 2008 - 10:00 ET by IamTinmanBarack is dealing with these people now because it's politically expedient. If he's elected he'll discard them just like Jeremiah Wright and probably faster.
His whole record has been devoted to liberal causes. He has no, I repeat no history of reaching across the aisle. His entire platform is nothing but a socialist plan for this country which few republicans and no conservatives could possibly vote for.
For Mitchell and many of the empty headed Obama shills bipartisan means whatever Barack wants it to mean.
The old Blue's Brothers line
October 17, 2008 - 10:02 ET by connorinIn the Blue's Brothers movie, the lady at a club said that the patrons like both kinds of music, Country AND Western.
I guess Obama reaches out to both kinds of politicians...Liberals AND Democrats!
Wrong measurements
October 17, 2008 - 10:16 ET by KansasgirlThis woman is trying to project the win. She won't succeed.
Socialists and Democrats -
October 17, 2008 - 11:18 ET by mattmSocialists and Democrats - hey, that's bi-partisan!
"'Bi-partisan' means there's some unusually large deception going on." - George Carlin
Things will be just perfect
October 17, 2008 - 11:35 ET by Chris NormanThings will be just perfect in "Obamalot"...
McNotObama '08
Umm...
October 17, 2008 - 11:41 ET by JungusYou mean Obama will be democrat / socialist bipartisan right?
Bah!! Beaten by 22 minutes.
50 cent piece
October 17, 2008 - 11:50 ET by ScrapironSomeone ask Mitchell if she ever saw a 50 cent piece, if not she should look in a mirror. She will have a hard time (not a pun) earning that under a 'Hussein the Marxist' regime. Females hold not power in Islamic or Marxist regimes.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
The one sided MSM wave keeps getting bigger
October 17, 2008 - 12:19 ET by badcleatsAndrea Mitchell was the one, that thought Hillary was tactical by lying. Her credibility was shot long time ago. The things for me personally, is to watch how my server AOL, has palled with AP, with their featured articles, the tone of the articles, and how the servers responses to comments, obviously favor Obama, and it has gotten worse by degrees. McCain definitely has to fight this battle with a bucket of water in one hand.
this is laughable ...
October 17, 2008 - 12:33 ET by pmohbuckthe only instance of bi-partisanship that obama can even reference (and he's been milking this since he started his run for the WH) is is dealings with dick lugar ... lugar is nothing more than a democrat wearing the scarlet letter ... "R"
an obama administration is going to be disasterous for the nation in every way, shape and form ... i wouldn't be too shocked to see them (dem controlled house, senate & WH) pass a bill renaming the USA ... to the SSA (socialist states of america) ...
george orwell got the message right ... he just missed the date by 24 years.
Andrea had better have the
October 17, 2008 - 13:40 ET by bigtimerAndrea had better have the Kleenex box at the ready...
...anybody remember her dismay, how devastated she was in '04..talk about distraught and on the verge of a nervous break-down...
I can't wait for a repeat...I also can't wait to watch CNN and msnbc.
Lord, I just hope we get at least one quarter of all the fraudulent votes stopped before the election, and plenty afterwards...but that is hopeful wishing on my part I know.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Andrea Mitchell
October 17, 2008 - 14:18 ET by Magic2171Please!! Who takes this shebat seriously, she has had no creditability for a awful long time and has been in Dali Obama's pocket since Iowa. She gets more than Chrisse tigleing feeling up her leg at the mention of the "Ons" words
Two Words...
October 17, 2008 - 14:57 ET by HermanoThese two words should never escape Mitchell's lips..."I Think."
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