Word: quitter
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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Liberals (in the blogosphere, at the grass roots and in Congress) complain that the President is a spineless, incompetent quitter. Conservatives (on Fox News and talk radio, at tea-party confabs and in Congress) insist that he is a panicky, on-the-run liberal. Old media sputter that he is a flailing, directionless Jimmy Carter redux. (See pictures of Barack Obama's first year in office...
Palin may have had the right idea. Yes, leaving Alaska's governorship marked her as a quitter to some voters. But resigning has freed her to be a national figure (making a mint from her book) and shape the national conversation just by updating her Twitter feed. And if she can take credit for any Republican gains in 2010, that might be a better credential than drafting a state budget...