Dem lawmaker blasts 'Professor Obama' as arrogant, alienating
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-bl...rial-presidentAfter observing President Obama for the last three years, it has become obvious to me that the president might prefer to be a university professor rather than do the job he holds today. While he might not realize that he feels this way, the evidence is very clear to those who work with or watch him closely.
Let me be clear — I’m not trying to disparage professors. But anyone who wonders why the president is not crushing the weak Republican field only needs to examine how President Obama has behaved more like Professor Obama:
‘IDEA DISEASE’
In the president’s first year in office, his administration suffered from what I call “idea disease.” Every week, and sometimes almost every day, the administration rolled out a new program for the country. There was no obvious prioritization and, after the rollout, very little effort to actually pass the latest idea/imperative/plan/edict. Instead, the new programs just kept coming, with the new proposals constantly stepping on the previous day’s message. This rampant “idea disease” squandered the tremendous goodwill generated by the Obama campaign’s message of “hope,” tainting the president’s personal appeal. As Democrats in Congress, we often felt like we were drinking water out of a fire hose, trying to simultaneously deal with past failures of the Bush administration and the avalanche of new initiatives from Obama. This lack of focus also made it easy for congressional Republicans to stall and foil many of President Obama’s best initiatives — which they did with relish!
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I really wish someone would step up and challenge him in the Democratic primary. Everyone is scared of a repeat of 1980, where Ted Kennedy's strong primary challenge supposedly hurt Jimmy Carter, contributing to his defeat at the hands of Ronald Reagan.
But Jimmy Carter was just as arrogant as Obama is, it was his way or the highway, and he didn't listen to his own Democratic Congress, instead tried to bully-pulpit everyone into doing his short-sighted bidding. Jimmy Carter had run-away inflation weighing him down, Obama has high unemployment to deal with.
The similarities between the two presidencies are eerie. But the one thing Obama has going for him is that there is no Ronald Reagan running against him, unless some "dark knight" rises up between now and the Republican convention. The current crop of candidates (except for Ron Paul) are a joke. Unless the economy really deteriorates between now and next November, Obama may very well still win, despite all his flaws, only because the alternatives are so weak.
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Originally Posted by LAGC
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