His face now looks somewhat ashen... tired. Maybe he read the article on Bloomberg.com where Soros blamed him solely for Bush's victory.
When a company(Democrat Party) is full of dis-functional employees(Democrat voters), the 'search-for-the-guilty needs to be conducted promptly.
Once the 'assigned' culprit is exposed/deposed, the everyday ineptness can continue with a sense of deepened conviction!
He looks like a sun dried yam.