Leonard Pitts: Commentary: When party politics come before country

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Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.


Commentary: When party politics come before country
By Leonard Pitts Jr. | The Miami Herald
Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009

You figure the White House is probably feeling pretty good about itself right now.

After spending much of the summer as a punching bag for conservatives, Team Obama has begun throwing punches of its own. It has unleashed its marquee figures to tee off on high profile GOP personalities and institutions in a coordinated effort to marginalize the opposition.

For example, you have Communications Director Anita Dunn saying of Fox News and its anti-Obama agenda, "...we don't need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave." Then there's the administration's combative stance toward the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, painting it as more a conservative front group than a lobbying organization and refusing to do business with it.

White House officials have said this grows from a decision to be more aggressive in defending against conservative attacks. One doubts it would break Obaman hearts to help the GOP tumble further down the hill it slid upon in the November election, reducing itself to a regional party of disaffected Southern whites.

Indeed, unnamed White House officials tell Politico.com that it's already happening; they point to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll which says only 20 percent of Americans now identify themselves as Republican. It's among the lowest figures in the almost 30 years the poll has posed the question.


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1. Hey, Obama tried, the Pubes didn't want to be friends.

You woulda thought the election would have taught them something about who to pick fights with, but noooooo ...