IN THE HOUSE OF OBAMA – QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 9:21 A.M. ET:  The superb Andrew Malcolm, writing at IBD, gives us a word picture of the house of Obama, when that house becomes a mobile home and goes on the road:

For months now Barack Obama has been saying he's run his last political campaign. Uh-huh. If you believe Obama would give up his favorite pastime just to focus on the nation's business and because he's not a candidate, then you can keep your health plan. Period.

In good times and bad, Obama is out there raking in the money for himself or the party or congressional campaign committees. You may recall, the day after the four Benghazi murders, he was fundraising in Vegas. The same day as the most recent Fort Hood shooting memorial service, he was fundraising in Houston.

And Wednesday after a quick survey of Arkansas tornado damage, Obama was fundraising.
In California, of all places. Obama doesn't even make a pretense of listening or speaking to real voters there. For the man who's presided over a steep jump in income inequality, the golden state is merely the nation's most populous ATM full of faithful, gullible rich folks.

Word is it's a little bit harder these days to sell out his events. So, they're held in backyard tents that can more easily be filled.

And his fundraising speeches are shorter too. For couples who paid $64,000 to dine in the Bel Air backyard of Disney chairman Alan Horn, the experience of hearing Hillary Clinton's former boss cost almost $5,000 per minute -- or $41 for each of Obama's 1,570 words, 23 of them "I."

Obama forgot to say words like "Affordable Care Act" or "ObamaCare," for reasons possibly connected with their steaming unpopularity.

This spring's fundraiser-speech theme is "OMG, we've got to keep Senate control and win back the House so California's own Nancy Pelosi can help protect all the wonderful things we have accomplished these past five years." Also, "Our people are not as diligent about voting in midterms as the other side."

COMMENT:  This administration is fading out early.  But beware of the wounded who face defeat.  They can become fierce and fanatical.  I dread to think what Obama will do after this year's midterms are over and he gets the chance to run wild until his second term is up.

May 8, 2014