Why I'm Not a Leftist (one reason among so many)

Things Leftists think are bad: “To find the Tea Party throughline in this election cycle, you have to look past the ballot counts and toward the policies – the radicalism of which the GOP establishment refuses to recognize, much less censure: voter ID, ratcheted down abortion access, bigotry masquerading as "religious freedom", concealed carry.”

Forget the phone, what about the 'problem'?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/15/obama-disappointed-lack-cool-phone-oval-office/

"I had the emir of Qatar come by the Oval Office today," Obama said. "Pretty influential guy. He is a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East. Reform, reform, reform. ... Now he himself is not reforming significantly. There's no big move toward democracy in Qatar. But you know part of the reason is that the per capita income of Qatar is $145,000 a year. That will dampen a lot of conflict.
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."

In context, the ‘problems’ that Obama wishes he didn’t have and that the emir of Qatar is paying its citizens to not bother him with are democracy and reform.

I wonder if we can convince him that drilling for American oil will help him with his Tea Party 'problem'?