Obama’s Hollow Halo and Hollow Victories

Obama’s Hollow Halo and Hollow Victories: "As if surrounded by a halo of his own making, President Obama boasted during his year-end press conference yesterday that Congress had its “most productive post-election period” in decades. He added that

it comes on the heels of the most productive two years that we’ve had in generations

The Obama chorus in the mainstream media is echoing this theme. The New York Times, for example, praised Obama’s “remarkably successful legislative agenda.” Even the conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer called Obama the “comeback kid” in his column and on “The O’Reilly Factor” earlier this week."

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