But He Was the Harvard Law Review Editor!

Commentary Magazine ^ | February 7, 2010 | Jennifer Rubin

[Scanian]

The chattering class was entranced with candidate Barack Obama. So literate. So polished. So cool. We were assured that his lack of executive experience was irrelevant. After all, he ran a campaign. And then there were his years as a community organizer and Harvard Law Review editor, which showed… well… it showed something about his magnificent intellectual skills. But it turns out he lacks some key abilities — executive leadership, decisiveness, deal-making prowess, flexibility, and basic people skills — that are essential to a successful presidency.

This is not simply the conclusion of conservatives. The entire country witnessed his agonizing decision-making process on the Afghanistan war strategy. Now on health-care reform, his own party is frustrated and dismayed with the non-governing president. As this report notes:

[moodyskeptic]

America is learning that our shiny “historic” Affirmative Action President is a bumbling fool. And the Left thought Bush was an idiot!