Carl Campanile
The New York Post
10/15/2013
President Obama’s top adviser Valerie Jarrett was behind a plan to force a showdown with Republicans over ObamaCare as part of a strategy to regain Democratic control of the House next year, claims author Ed Klein.
Klein — who wrote a provocative biography about Obama last year entitled “The Amateur” — said White House insiders refer to Jarrett as “The Night Stalker” because she is the only presidential aide who frequently spends time in the family quarters and dines with the Obamas.
Klein, who is conducting a research for a new Obama tome scheduled for next spring, called Jarrett the “architect” of Obama’s take-no- prisoners approach when it comes to his signature domestic policy initiative.
It was Jarrett who advised Obama that voters would mostly blame Republicans if the federal government ground to a halt, providing a golden opportunity to swing back control of the House to Democrats in the 2014 mid-term elections, according to Klein.
A Democratic House would give Obama an opportunity to pass immigration and other legislation blocked by the current Republican majority…
The article continues at The NY Post.
Update: Boston Globe: Obama Has Failed at Bipartisanship
MSNBC Admits D.C. Disconnected, Nation Less Divided than Media Claims
“We used to say politics was fought between the forty yard lines … But what this poll tells us is politics is actually being fought between the 25 yard lines. The two ideological groups are actually much smaller than Washington—and frankly we in the media—have made you believe.”
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