Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie on why the Obama Honeymoon is Over

It's been a difficult week for President Barack Obama, who has been criss-crossing the country trying to sell his messy health care legislation against a backdrop of headlines about his "honeymoon" being over. As Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch and Reason TV/Online Editor Nick Gillespie explain in this Reason TV video, the president has only himself to blame, for breaking campaign promises, jacking up spending, and governing in atmosphere of perpetual crisis.

Click here for the whole video, approximately 1.30 minutes.

And don't miss the Gillespie/Welch Washington Post op-ed and chat transcript on the same topic.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR20090717020...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/07/17/DI20090717...

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[Joem734]

Once again, the Libertarians are the only people making sense. They defend ideology. The parties defend the party and everyone associated with it.

[hulajoe]

I agree!!!

Just registered as a Libertarian two days ago!

[jeripole]

Republicans are losers and Libertarians are no different to see only from their point of view. How narrow minded!

[DolphinFilms]

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out

of other people's money."

—Margaret Thatcher

[putittogether]

The Bushama is CLASSIC! Awesome job!

[samuils]

OMG how did you make Bushama?

[stick1to2the3issue]

1. Do you not understand the concept that there is a difference between the words in a Websters dictionary and a LEGAL DEFINITION?

2. Oh I see so we should change LEGAL DEFINITIONS to submit to the whims of whatever minority group feels subjectivley that their "rights" are being infringed upon. There are plenty of polygamists, pedofiles, zoosexuals that would like their unions classified legally as "marriages". The only problem is that the law needs to DIFFERENTIATE. Get it now?

[kait112]

I just registered as a libertarian this past summer. I suppose it was an article I read that told me the Department of Homeland Security listed all those with libertarian tenancies as threats. I guess I'm just a rebel and decided I wasn't gonna let the government tell me what to do. Then again, I do love the majority of the party's platforms, so that may have had something to do with it.

[bracomadar]

"Government is the crisis." Quote me on that.

[bertly71]

That is tour opinion and I respect that. I do not think that all of the science is in on man made global warming. I do not think we have a health care crisis either. I think we need to find ways to make health care more affordable without wealth redistribution being a part of it. I do not like class warfare when you pit the "rich" against the poor to further a political agenda. That approach is divisive. Health care is 1/5 of our economy and Washington wants to take it over? We are broke.