Posted on 05/02/2014 1:48:19 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Coming home from Asia, Barack Obama is obviously going through another rough patch in his presidency. But this time, it could be more dangerous: He is perilously close to becoming a lame duck 33 months before he leaves office. That is bad for him, bad for the country and bad for the world.
Obama's second term is a total aberration. Resisted by obstructionists among Republicans and plagued by his own mistakes, the first 12 months after re-election were a bust. Why he and his team didn't take more care in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act website will remain one of the great mysteries for historians.
But it has now become equally puzzling why he has not become more sure-footed in foreign affairs. He is one of the brightest men ever to occupy the office, and yet his learning curve has been among the flattest. Talking to players on the world stage -- most of whom still want him to succeed -- one finds them genuinely rattled, worried about a lack of national will and operational competence.
Not to overdo his analogy, but the years since have brought a notable string of strikeouts. The administration would vigorously disagree, but just how much success can it genuinely claim in Syria, Egypt, Libya or even Iraq? Or the Russian reset? Or Ukraine?
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lame duck or dangerous cornered animal?
Golf and vacations!
Party on, dude....
He could always do the honorable thing, resign and make Joe Biden the incumbent and Democrat front runner for 2016. At least Biden is entertaining with his stupidity.
Barry has been lame since before he was elected.
“He is one of the brightest men ever to occupy the office”, PROJECTILE VOMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BULLSH!T!
Fixed it.
less than 1,000 days to go until Jan 20, 2017.
We are 66% of the way through the Obama presidency.
Only in David Gergen's world and other Lewenski media types.
The difference between Obama and prior lame ducks is that he is willing to issue illegal executive orders. Just imagine what he will issue on his last day.
Obama = epic fail.
Something tells me the spending on “perks” is only about 50% completed...this deal is “back weighted” just like MooseChelle.
bfl
Gergen is a pretty good fiction writer. He had me going for a moment. His best line is that Obama is one of the smartest to ever be President. Of course, Gergen offers no proof to back that up. There is nothing to indicate that Obama has an IQ above 100.
His income from POTUS pardon bribes will likely dwarf Clinton’s.
Jimmy Carter and LBJ are smiling.
Remember that genius Bill Clinton?
It recently came out his SAT score ws 1032....
I'd like to know by what objective standard anyone but a butt kissing media moron would use to reach that conclusion!
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