Yet Another End For The Obama Administration

[Playinghardball]

Ace reporter Ron Fournier of the Associated Press has another scoop for y’all. There is absolutely no fking way on god’s green and pleasant earth that this Obama fellow will be elected president again. He has blown his chance for that third term, and probably the fourth and fifth as well. Ron would like the Pulitzer committee to leave the medallion on the doorstep. Watch out, Obama. The Horsemen ride at daybreak!

Both Clinton and Reagan rebounded from their nadirs. While time is precious, Obama can still recover from this lowest point in his presidency, but only if he changes himself along with his staff. "It's not enough for Obama to say 'mistakes were made,' " said John Baick, a professor of American history at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass. "He needs to say, 'I'm the one making the mistakes; I've created a system that doesn't allow negative stuff to flow up. I'm changing me.' " Bob McGowan, a professor of business-government relations and corporate strategy at the University of Denver, said Obama should look to Hewlett-Packard and GE as examples of how an institution can change its culture by changing its structure. "You don't want take a chainsaw and start hacking people right and left, but the time is running out of the hour glass," McGowan said. "If he's going to do something, he has to start soon." Duberstein agreed. "There comes a time in every administration where people are worn out and tired and need new energy, and Obama must take advantage of the opportunity, not as much in the sense of firing somebody, but in the sense of bringing fresh air into the White House."

…. A center-cut diamond of Village idiocy …. Ron Fournier quoting something Ed Rendell said on Morning Joe. Fournier has no sense, Rendell has no constituency, and Morning Joe has no pride…

Fournier: “Whoever was in charge. No doubt Sebelius, McDonough, and others must answer to the president, but only one person answers to the public. Obama must change more than his staff. He must transform himself.”

Or else what? The Republicans will refuse to cooperate with him? I swear, of all the concern trolls in the world, Ron Fournier lives under the most impressive bridge.

Full post here: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Really_Bad_Political_Commentary

Found on the Obamadiary

[GladRagDahl]

1. Another failure

for the Journalism schools.

[yeoman6987]

3. Obama

Obama will go down as a great president. Although 2 term presidencies are difficult during the second term. Most 2-term Presidents are pretty popular at least years after they are out of office. Obama's numbers are a bit down, but it is not because of the typical reasons of scandal that hits a President in second term. He is taking some hits because of a website that has since been improved. His numbers will go up in the very foreseeable future. I think it is perfectly alright for his numbers to be down as they are. The reason is because when they go up and they will it will make it even better for him in the long run. Go Obama!

[Laelth]

2. Or else what? Indeed. n/t

-Laelth

[Mika]

4. Our media is now pretty much only giving advice to Dems on appeasing the GOP, and/or ...

... giving advice to the GOP on how to transform their messaging to something more palatable to get elected.