There’s a certain deliberate chaos to the Obama Administration. Whether we’re discussing the stimulus, health care or cap and trade, there’s a method – and the method appears to be create diversions while quietly staying on track behind the scenes. Now, I’m not claiming this will work, but I also don’t think that statements like Rahm Emanuel’s health care trigger option or Harry Reid suddenly developing a spine are simply off the cuff responses. The on message/off message scenarios come across as a game of good cop/bad cop which leave everyone scratching their heads.
And, yes, it is exhausting and nerve racking. But is it smart politics? To which I answer… only time will tell.
What I do know (and we all learned during the Democratic Primary and Presidential Campaign) is that Obama plays the long game which is fortunate since Republicans seem only capable of playing Whack-A-Mole. I also know that Emanuel isn’t a loose cannon and Reid apparently took a trip to the woodshed. So is the chaos deliberate? And, if so, is it smart?