Asserts the moderate Democrat-turned-Republican and former Congressman, in an interview with The Washington Times: "'President Obama ran on two central themes in the fall of 2008: that
he would devote his presidency to transcending our political and
ideological divisions, and that he would restore the economy to good
health. What he has given us is the most relentlessly ideological
presidency in my lifetime, a political operation that shamelessly
cultivates division, and the most inept economic recovery since the
1930s — one so weak most Americans haven’t felt it. The Obama
administration has also managed to shift the Democratic Party
to a place where it is as intolerant of opposing viewpoints as the
Washington establishment routinely imagines Republicans to be."
He continues to discuss division: "'The racial divide will fester as long as the left pursues an identity
politics of grievance. The left adds to the racial divide every time its
politicians or acolytes equate ordinary conservatism with racial
intolerance, and link opposition to the Obama administration to racial
backlash. The Democratic Party has unwisely distanced itself from policies like parental choice,
vouchers and the overhaul of tenure that would have a transformative
effect in the lives of black children, and there is an opening for
Republicans to appeal to minorities by claiming priorities like
education reform in the course of the next decade."
Artur Davis: "Obama Has Shamelessly Cultivated Division, & Has Produced The Most Inept Economy Since The Great Depression"
