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If the reaction to President Obama’s post-election press conference is any indication, he’s in Dutch not only with voters but with the mainstream press as well, after several gave Obama two thumbs down for his performance.
The Daily Beast’s Jonathan Alter, for one, was not impressed.
“His post-election press conference was too long, too provocative and too stingy in his phoned-in praise for the winners. Obama managed the extraordinary feat of making (Senate Minority Leader Mitch) McConnell look gracious by comparison.”
Politico’s White House reporter, Josh Gerstein, poked holes in Obama’s defense of his record.
“President Barack Obama and his aides are arguing that the stinging defeat Democrats suffered at the polls Tuesday wasn’t a rejection of the policies he’s advocated over the past six years. ... But that line of argument might not be the best one to boost Obama’s post-midterm standing, as it leads to a conclusion even more uncomfortable for the White House: that voters were instead passing judgment on Obama himself.”
Dana Milbank at the Washington Post led his take on Obama’s remarks this way:
“’I hear you,’ President Obama said to the voters who gave Democrats an electoral drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections. But their message went in one presidential ear and out the other.”
It was too difficult to read the ‘tea leaves’ on this one!
Obama is so self centered he really doesn’t care. He’s set for life. Everyone doesn’t recognize his genius? That’s their problem.