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He's trying to copy Bill Clinton. Are people too stupid to see this? Apparently so, sadly his approval ratings are going up.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...317528522.html

Obama's Great Leap Rightward The White House co-opts GOP talking points—will House Republicans take advantage of their newly won recourse?

By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL

Come one, come all, to witness President Barack Obama's Great Leap Rightward. Come, as well, to witness the GOP response.

Mr. Obama has a new mission this year—to make the country believe in political reincarnations. The man who presided over one of the most liberal, most expensive, most government-centric agendas in modern history? It would appear he was kidnapped over Christmas break and replaced by one who is fiscally responsible, a cheerleader for capitalism, and a skeptic of government. It can happen, you know.

As shape-shifting masters like Bill Clinton or Tony Blair might attest, the goal of any move to the center is always two-fold. The first is to lull the public into forgetting past transgressions, and to present them instead with a politician in tune with the pulse of the nation. The second goal—just as important—is to co-opt the other side's message.

After its midterm victory, the new House leadership crafted a playbook that Majority Leader Eric Cantor unveiled in a briefing in the first days of January. Week one the Republicans would devote to repealing ObamaCare. Week two would focus on the party's plans to roll back discretionary spending to 2008 levels. Week three would laser in on the president's job-killing regulatory blowout.

The White House was listening and has been hustling to get ahead of the GOP message machine. Nowhere was this more obvious than in the president's Tuesday op-ed on this editorial page announcing an executive order to restore "balance" to federal regulation and root out rules that hurt economic growth. It was a largely symbolic move, designed to counteract the public perception that Mr. Obama is antibusiness, and to bolster corporate America's support.