Democrats Want President Obama Now!

It seems that Democrats in Congress want Barack Obama to be president already.

Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country.

Obama has sidestepped some policy questions by saying there is only one president at a time. But the dodge is wearing thin.

"He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been," House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., told consumer advocates Thursday.

Frank, who has been dealing with both the bailout of the financial industry and a proposed rescue of Detroit automakers, said Obama needs to play a more significant role on economic issues.

"At a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time," Frank said. "I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have. He's got to remedy that situation."

Oh, that Barney Frank, what a jokester he is!

Actually, I’m being kind. I can think of another word that begins with the letter “j” and ends in “ss” that is a more apt description of Barney Frank.

This is the same Barney Frank whose shenanigans while on the House Banking Committee led to the Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac debacle that now has the taxpayers on the hook for billions.

The way Congressional Democrats are treating President Bush during the final days of his administration is shameful. Then again, it doesn’t surprise me since they’ve spent the first 7+ years of his administration treating him as if he doesn’t exist and is a mere inconvenience to their grand design of liberalism. Their contempt and disdain for him is matched only by their arrogance towards the common man whom they purport to want to help.

Will someone please send Congressional Democrats a book of manners? Or alternatively, a copy of the U.S. Constitution?

The last time I checked, President Bush leaves office on January 20, 2009. President Obama’s first term (and if he does a poor job, he will not have a second) ends on January 20, 2013 and not one day before that. I actually think President-Elect Obama, while not exactly staying out of the spotlight while building his cabinet, understands that the office of the Presidency is accorded respect and that when he is President, he’ll want to serve out his full term in office without being second-guessed by the incoming President-Elect. That’s why I believe Obama has not weighed in on certain issues.

Of course, the other reason that Obama hasn’t weighed in on issues might be that he has no solutions to them. But since I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt, I’ll reserve judgment until January 20th.