Yet Johann Ritter took issue with the column: “Aren’t you being a little rough on the first family? I mean, if you were running a company that is losing about $114 million an hour, wouldn’t you need some really serious vacation time? I would have given up on fixing the problem and find a reason to stay out of the office.”

My first thought was to say: "That's an employee attitude, not an executive one." But stories of "executives" bailing out of struggling businesses with a golden parachutes started filling my head.

Probably closer to say, "That's an employee attitude, not a business owner's attitude." And that's what Obama is. He's an executive with an employee's attitude. "I can't fix it. I'm stuck. So I'm checking out every chance I get."

He probably thought four years ago that his hand-picked, like-minded geniuses would have it all figured out by now. They're all looking at each other in blank wonderment: "I thought you could fix it!"

Hillary bailed so she could take one more grab at the ball in 2016. And if the GOPe continues their course, she'll probably get it.

if the GOPe continues their course, she'll probably get it.

Republican Candidate 2016:

"It's my turn."