While working on a column yesterday, I went back and found what I wrote on the occasion of Obama’s first 100 days, when for the editors of Newsweek (henceforth my shorthand for sycophantic Obama disciples) birds were chirping, the sun was shining, all was looking wonderful in the world. It was the greatest first 100 days ever. Looking at the news that conservatives now outnumber liberals in every state, tens of thousands are quitting AARP, James Carville is floating the idea of scrapping the healthcare bill entirely, Obama is (maybe) abandoning the public option — just as he has the death panels supervisory commissions on when to cease continuing life — and all the rest, it seems that what I wrote was a bit prescient and also a bit understated:

…Obama has proved to be, if anything, more of a left-wing culture warrior than Bush was a right-wing one. All the while, Obama transmogrifies his principled opponents into straw-man ideologues while preening about his own humble pragmatism. For him, bipartisanship is defined as shutting up and getting in line.
I’m not arguing that conservatives are poised to make some miraculous comeback. They’re not. But American politics didn’t come to an end with Obama’s election, and nothing in politics breeds corrective antibodies more quickly than overreaching arrogance. And by that measure, Obama’s first 100 days have been a huge down payment on the inevitable correction to come.

Update: From a reader:

Jonah,
Don’t forget this part of your prediction—“For him, bipartisanship is defined as shutting up and getting in line.”
And here’s what our President has to say about freedom of speech and political dissent:
“I don’t want the folks who created the mess do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.”
But don’t let this go to your head.
Have a great day and enjoy your family in Alaska.