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I suspect he will go the Carter route. He’s such a full blown narcissist that he has to have people around him that worship him, we all know he can’t take ANY criticism....So on that note... maybe his ability to make an a$$ of himself will accelerate in direct proportion to how quickly the new house and senate shut him down... guaranteeing one term!

maybe his ability to make an a$$ of himself will accelerate in direct proportion to how quickly the new house and senate shut him down

When I was at Marquette University Business school back in the late 80s we studied the Carter cabinet as an example of a disfunctional management team. He was a living example of what to avoid.

Obama has never faced an opponent who could fight back. He is from Chicago, where there has not been one republican in any elected position for at least the last 30 years. The district he ran for the State Senate regularly goes for the Democrats with over 75% of the vote. In the Illinois state house he had veto proof Democrat majorities in both houses, and a Democrat governor. When he went to the Senate in 2006 his opponent was driven out when a friendly judge illegally opened his divorce documents. In the Senate he operated with large Democrat majorities and a Republican president who was curled up in the corner trying not to wet himself. And for the first two years of his administration he has had overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate. He has never had to cut a deal with someone that he couldn't intimidate. Nobody has ever said NO to him, and made it stick

Obama has never taken on an opponent that actually had the power to stop him at will. Dealing with a hostile and powerful opponent is a hard to learn skill. Clinton, a liberal Democrat governor from a conservative state had already had a lot of experience in this. He was instinctively able to cut deals and maneuver Gingrich into doing what he wanted to do. And taking credit for the victories of his opponents. Not only dose Obama no know how to pivot and pick his fights, but it will never occur to him to do it in the first place.