My point was not that this (the budget failure) in and of itself makes him a failure. In fact, in terms of what he wanted to change America in to (govt as the end rather than a limited means) he's racking up in the win column. America just seems to not be buying that as a proper (or at least successful) solution anymore beause it's simply not working. Wealth redistributionist central planning doesn't create jobs - who woulda' guessed?
My point is that this president's ideology, as you and I have oft defined it, is so far out of the mainstream, so far off the charts, that every single member - think of that - every single member of his own Party in congress voted against his budget proposal, either out of disagreement or fear (of facing their constituency afterwards). I can't imagine the press George W. Bush or even Clinton would get if this same were true during their terms.
I contend this presidency is now in lame duck session, and furthermore he will lose in Carter-esque fashion come November. He has hidden it in flowery prose and embedded it in "help the poor" legislation, but what has been clear to the Bund from the beginning is now becoming clear to America - this man fundamentally disapproves of our nation as founded and his chosen alternative, his "fundamental transformation", has been a resounding failure. I simply saw his inability to get a single vote from a single member of his own Party as a significant indicator of this reality.
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