I have thought for a while that a case could be made that Obama was really a secret conservative, showing America what would happen if the “progressive” agenda were ever put in place and thereby weaning us off it forever. My friend Noemie Emery, an exceptionally astute observer of American political history, emailed, “All politicians act like secret agents, in the pay of the opposite side.” As I thought about it, it seemed to me her observation had special applicability to the president, Jeb Bush, and Hillary Clinton, though I’d certainly not rule out a wider field. Obama The record is uncontestable; Obama has destroyed his own party for the immediate future. Even the left-leaning Politico concedes this. [N]o president in modern times has presided over so disastrous a stretch for his party, at almost every level of politics. [snip] The party’s record over the past six years has made clear that when Barack Obama leaves office in...(Read Full Article)