Thanks for linking that Death of a Salesman article. Very good one by Barnes. I am quite surprised that Dear Leader’s administration hasn’t figured out his major problems.
Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe, quoted today in the New York Times, explains that his boss is just "a chess player in a town with a lot of checker players". He's simply too smart to conduct his Presidency in an obviously intelligent & competent way, you see. That's their story, at least, and it would seem they're stricking to it.