Muscatine

I'll try it again:

On Oct. 11, Time’s liberal Mark Halperin piled on with a piece carrying the web-bait headline “Obama Is in the Jaws of Political Death” (since, apparently, changed to the much tamer “Why Obama is Losing the Political War” – no doubt there were some anguished calls from the White House). With a metaphorical knee to Obama’s groin, he writes:

"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.

Moreover, there is a growing perception that Obama's decisions are causing harm — that businesses are being hurt by the Administration's legislation and that economic recovery is stalling because of the uncertainty surrounding energy policy, health care, deficits, housing, immigration and spending.

And that sentiment is spreading. Many members of the general public appear deeply skeptical of Obama's capacity to turn things around, especially, but not exclusively, those inclined to dislike him — Tea Partyers and John McCain voters, but also tens of millions of middle-class Americans, including quite a few who turned out for Obama in 2008."

 

The rest of the article has the typical liberal excuses and talking points, but the essence is that this Obama guy and his minions are clueless.