UPDATED: OBAMA STRIKES OUT ON A CALLED THIRD STRIKE: MIDDLE CLASS TAX HIKE

SEE UPDATES AT THE BOTTOM!

OBAMA SWUNG AND MISSED FOR HIS 1ST STRIKE - BY FAILING TO DELIVER SOCIALIZED MEDICINE TO THE LEFT.

• YUP: AS ANYONE WHO READS THE NATION CAN TELL YOU: OBAMA HAS LOST SUPPORT FROM A LARGE PORTION OF THE LEFT.
  
• THEY DON'T THINK HE'S BEEN AS LEFTIST AS HE SHOULD BE - OR WOULD BE BASED ON WHO HE ASSOCIATED WITH FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE AND ALL THE "WINKS" HE GAVE THEM.
  

OBAMA SWUNG AND MISSED BY DROPPING IN THE POLLS SO FAST HIS ABILITY TO ACT AS A SMOKESCREEN FOR MACHINE IS NEARLY TOTALLY GONE.

• YUP: OBAMA HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF LOST KEY ELEMENTS THE MACHINE - AS EVIDENCED BY BILL DALEY'S OP-ED.
• AND DEMOCRAT CENTRISTS IN CONGRESS ARE RETIRING OR RUNNING FOR THE HIGH GRASS - AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE VOTING GOP!
  

NOW - RATHER THAN MAKE SPENDING CUTS - OBAMA IS GOING TO EFFECTIVELY RAISE TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS.

THIS THIS THE THIRD STRIKE. HE'S DONE. TOAST. FINISHED. KAPUT. FINITO.

UPDATE #1:

INSTANT REPLAY AND REVIEW IN THE PRESS BOX HAS INDICATED THAT OBAMA FOUL-TIPPED THE BALL AND IS STILL AT BAT.

UPDATE #2: POWER LINE COMMENTS.

HILLARY STILL MIGHT AS WELL DECLARE NOW.

("CLINTON & BAYH-OR-WEBB 2012" MIGHT GIVE THEM A FIGHTING CHANCE.)