There's no better publicity than being demonized by an unpopular and untrusted president.
Obama tried to marginalize Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. They are still here.
Next, Obama and friends tried to make the Tea Party toxic: It dominated the months up to the 2010 midterms, put an end to Obama's transformative visions, and showed Madam Speaker the door.
In the last days of the campaign for that election, Obama made then-House Minority Leader John Boehner a target and foil; he is now Mister Speaker.
And no one was more of a foil than George W. Bush, blamed by Obama for all of his problems (including the debt, which he himself tripled). Bush ended 2010 with a major best-seller, and sometime before the year ended his ratings and Obama's converged.
Conservatives thrive on the Democrats' animus. Now that he's safely been placed in their cross hairs, how high can Ryan go?
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