Mark Halperin’s article in Time is a scathing rebuke of President Obama: 

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2024718,00.html

The following is his assessment of President Obama:

With the exception of core Obama Administration loyalists, most politically engaged elites have reached the same conclusions: the White House is in over its head, isolated, insular, arrogant and clueless about how to get along with or persuade members of Congress, the media, the business community or working-class voters. This view is held by Fox News pundits, executives and anchors at the major old-media outlets, reporters who cover the White House, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and governors, many Democratic business people and lawyers who raised big money for Obama in 2008, and even some members of the Administration just beyond the inner circle.

What a shock.  The most naïve, inexperienced, unqualified person ever nominated to be President of the United States by a major political party turns out to be the most naïve, inexperienced, unqualified President.  My question for the politically engaged elites is:  ‘WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?”   It’s not like there weren’t enough clues.  An objective review of Obama’s educational and professional history shows that he is a man of no accomplishments who has never demonstrated leadership in any field.  The lack of experience alone was enough to disqualify him, even if one ignores his radical associations and his highly questionable financial dealings with convicted felons.  Electing Obama President of the United States was the ultimate affirmative action pick.  Obama was elected because he is black.  Democrats were too overjoyed at having a black candidate that could win to care whether or not he was actually qualified.  Republicans were too afraid of being labeled racist to attack his pathetic record and questionable background.  Jackie Robinson broke racial barriers because he proved that he belonged.  He asked for no special favors and he earned respect.  Obama is setting racial relations back decades because he is proving the opposite. 

When the Republicans took over congress in 1994, Bill Clinton realized he was beat, so he just let them pass good legislation and he took the credit.  But, Obama will not do that.  Mark Halperin assumes that Obama blames everyone and everything else for his failures because he is a poor politician, but I believe he does this because he actually believes it.  Just last week he told college students that they shouldn’t stay home from voting just because “Barack” is not on the ballot.  He believes the only mistake he made was in his failure to explain to people why he is right.  I do not believe that Obama even recognizes reality.

Republicans are going to run the table in November, but that will only be the first step in a long and difficult process.  I don’t expect Obama to change at all.  I think he will hunker down with the few people who actually still believe in him and he will try to continue on the same path as before.  He will make recess appointments and will try to legislate by executive order.  I fear we are on a course to major constitutional crisis.  If any of the rumors about the personal corruption of Obama are true, the Republicans will have plenty of ammunition.  Republicans will hesitate to do this, because of the negative impact from the failed impeachment of Bill Clinton, but ultimately Obama is unlikely to leave them a viable option.

I can see November from my window, but December looks dark and stormy.

TDM