The White House Reminds Journalists Just How Wrong They Were About Obama’s Power

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Upon the news that President Obama’s trade agenda cleared a hurdle in the Senate, the White House reminded journalists of their previous incorrect predictions and dire warnings about the End of Obama.

White House Assistant Press Secretary Brandi Hoffine retweeted:

Either Brandi Hoffine or Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary Eric Schultz retweeted all of the following tweets today, reminding journalists of their failed hot takes and dire predictions of doom staring on June 12:

Dire warnings not to fall for the “spin” (who’s spinning now, the White House seems to be asking):

Mocking the seeming fissure between Obama and the Democrats:

Massive defeat, y’all:

“Sunning repudiation of Obama”:

And today:

It’s dead! It has no chance of revival! Obama has no plan B! Oh, wait. The Press Secretary was right when he said it was a procedural snafu? That sucks.

No matter how you feel about the trade deal – and it’s hard to really make an honest call about something you can’t read for yourself, which makes any normal person dubious – you have to get a kick out of the White House mocking the 8 millionth (exaggeration) time the press had announced it was the End of Obama.

Were I to venture a guess about this trade deal, and I did on a radio show two weeks ago, I would have said – and did say – that I suspected it was being used as a way to allow certain Democrats who have always had Obama’s back to define themselves as more liberal, as taking a principled stand against him. It also seemed like a great opportunity politically for Sec Hillary Clinton to define herself as more liberal on working people’s issues. I have no proof to support this theory. It’s just that I saw no other reason for all of the drama over something that seemed like it could pass in two weeks. A something, mind you, that no one actually knows anything about.

This is not to suggest that I am “for” this trade deal. How could I be for something I can’t read? How likely is it that this deal could be and should be better for workers? Oh, about 100%.

Obamacare is going to be President Obama’s legacy. That and a roaring stock market and record private sector job growth. The trade deal is just a résumé builder.

But it’s nice to see the White House having fun with the press who have announced the end of Obama’s legislative clout so many times I’ve lost count. Let’s note on a purely political point that Obama’s legislative clout just rose with Republicans.

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