is certainly not where it used to be. In fact, I have been pretty surprised at how gauche he has been, lately. It certainly is in contrast to how sure-footed he was in the past. This is the guy who is very much touted as the Democrats Messiah, yet lately has been shown to have feet of clay.
Part of it is the chronic supercilious lecturing and smarter-than-thou hectoring. Even Democrats are getting pretty sick of Barack Obama’s overweening narcissism. People are getting very tired of being lectured too. And that seems to be the only tool Obama has in his bag.
Last week, Barack Obama gave some advice to his party, and it’s astonishing how quickly his words turned into a self-inflicted political wound. He was once hailed as the Democrat Party’s unifying figure, but Obama’s recent scolding of his own party’s base didn’t just flop — it sparked a backlash even his defenders can’t ignore.
Oh sure, Democrats loved it when he was lecturing and hectoring conservatives. But they really are not all that excited about being on the whipping end of that stick now.
When Barack Obama starts getting heat from his own side, you know the shine is wearing off. For years, Democrats treated him like a political messiah: untouchable, above reproach, the party’s ultimate unifier. But now, even the base is pushing back, and the criticism isn’t coming from the fringes; it’s from within the ranks of legacy media and longtime strategists. That’s not just backlash; it’s a warning sign. Obama tried to lecture his party into “toughening up,” but all he really did was reveal how fragile his influence has become.