>>Obama administration part Daley machine, part Barney Fife. What happened?<<
If you are a good talker, you can get away with things in a job interview that will get exposed once you do the job.
Also, things like the Daley machine only work as a local strategy. Nationally it is just beyond what it is designed for.
Remember Kerry. Whenever he ran for the senate, someone would question his Vietnam service and he would parade out his usual suspects and destroy the person. But when he ran nationally, those that actually knew what went on came out of the woodwork and destroyed him. (SBV)
What works in your home town can be a disaster nationally. Obama’s administration is a textbook case. You can’t just kneecap someone to get what you want, and if that’s all you got, well...
“a series of recent missteps just keeps getting worse”
a series of recent missteps just KEEP getting worse