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In Obama’s first big test of Presidential Authority, he fumbled the ball. Big Time.

He could have put this race away in August by swallowing his pride and selecting Hillary Clinton for the ticket. It was a move so obvious, with a pay-off so huge, that a third-grader could have gotten it right. Pick Hillary and win, or pick somebody else and risk losing. In that situation, prospective President Barack Obama picked Joe Biden, and made losing a very real possibility.

The Biden pick revealed deep insecurity and weakness. It showed insecurity because Obama accepted the criticism that he is a policy lightweight who needs others to add heft to his campaign. It showed weakness because he allowed himself to be cowed by others who hate Hillary and by Hillary herself.

In his first test of Presidential decision making, Obama revealed himself to be an insecure and weak deal-maker, who looks for the easy way out, even if that way clearly leads to disaster.

And the Donks have the nerve to criticize the Republican choice for VEEP.

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Michelle vetoed Hillary. She is the one who wears the pants in the Obama family. What the wife says goes. And there's too the fact Obama would have to watch his back for the rest of life with Hillary a heartbeat away from the presidency. There was no love lost between them.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus