NY Times: Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander "President Obama finds himself under fire on two disparate fronts these days, both for the botched rollout of his signature health care program and for the secret spying on allied heads of state. In both instances, his explanation roughly boils down to this: I didn’t know."
Controversies show how Obama’s inattention to detail may hurt his presidential legacy From Hot Air: "Let’s start with the latter example from Scott Wilson, whose posits that talking big and having no interest in doing the necessary work forms a coherent management philosophy:"....
Reposted from an earlier TW: Victor Davis Hanson: Is Obama Still President? "His cadences soar on, through scandal after fiasco after disaster."
What didn’t the president know, and why didn’t he know it? "Once you lose a reputation for competence, it is hard to get back. And much of the media are now depicting Obama as less than a hands-on leader.
"Take this slap in the face:
“ 'For a smart man, President Obama professes to know very little about a great number of things going on in his administration.' ” Dana Milbank of the WaPo.
"Take this slap in the face:
“ 'For a smart man, President Obama professes to know very little about a great number of things going on in his administration.' ” Dana Milbank of the WaPo.
Obama just got used to saying things that were never challenged "President, and before, candidate Obama had the benefit of saying things that the media never challenged. It's true that they were challenged by the GOP but that is partisan. What we did not have was an aggressive, but respectful media."
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