Gibbs Rant the Public Face of New Democrat Neoliberalism

Via Litbrit: Alan Grayson urges the Obama administration to fire Robert Gibbs. Grayson says Gibbs does a horrible job conveying the President's message.

GRAYSON: No, I don't think (Gibbs) should resign. I think he should be fired. He's done a miserable job. People I know refer to him as Bozo the Spokesman. He is not conveying the value of the President's strategies or his plans or his programs. He's doing a miserable job. It's that simple. He's so far in over his head he would have to reach up to touch his shoes.

Grayson ducks the question about David Frum's tweet on how Democrats and Republicans react to their respective bases.

More proof of my longtime thesis, Repub pols fear the GOP base; Dem pols hate the Dem base.

The Obama White House has political views closer to the neoliberal rantings of Mickey Kaus than the progressive base. Obama fought against the health care public option he campaigned for. Teachers are angry at Sec. of Education Arne Duncan for supporting stripping tenure from teachers. Obama is losing Hispanic support by caving to Republicans on immigration reform. When Obama bowed to Republican demands to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the Mexican border, the newspaper El Diario La Prensa of New York asked, "Who’s in charge in Washington?"

Obama's policy positions make sense if you understand he is a neoliberal that feels more comfortable with pro-business and hawkish military policies. Rahm Emanuel has made a career bashing progressives and supporting conservative Democrats. Lawrence Summers urged President Bill Clinton to sign the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The Gibbs outburst was just a public display of how the White House feels about the progressives that helped put them in power. That is why I firmly support progressive Democrats running against Obama in 2012. I would support Grayson or Howard Dean over Obama in a heart beat.