nytimes...'his struggling presidency'

[spanone]

now the media is declaring his entire presidency is struggling.....

Obama Faces a Critical Moment for His Presidency

WASHINGTON — President Obama returned to the White House from his summer break on Sunday determined to jump-start his struggling presidency by reasserting command of the health care debate and recalibrating expectations that some advisers believe got away from him.

With his honeymoon seemingly over and his White House on the defensive, Mr. Obama faces what friends and foes alike call a make-or-break moment in his young administration. Because he has elevated health care to such a singular priority, advisers said he must force through a credible plan or risk crippling his presidency.

“It goes without saying that a lot is riding now on his ability to re-energize the health care debate and bring it home to a successful conclusion,” said John D. Podesta, who ran Mr. Obama’s transition and still advises him on health care, energy and other issues. “Nothing will influence the perception of the presidency more than whether he can be successful in getting a health care bill through the Congress.”

Recognizing the stakes, Mr. Obama has worked on a strategy for autumn to regain the initiative. He talked on Thursday from Camp David with Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, and Harry M. Reid, the Senate majority leader. He spent part of Sunday working on this week’s speech to the nation and dispatched top surrogates to the talk shows to try to reframe the health care debate. And he has two meetings scheduled for Monday with his health policy and political advisers planned around a trip to Cincinnati to observe Labor Day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/us/politics/07obama.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

[NJGeek]

1. grey lady is challenging him

they want reconciliation... they using whatever influence they have. i don't blame them. editorials on the other side are just as clear.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Some nobody guy sitting behind a PC on Labor Day Weekend has officially decided that

Obama is struggling.

[spanone]

3. yep, a new york times somebody....big computer

[heraldsquare]

13. The last two weeks have been useless at work because everyone' on vacation

and people who aren't familiar with things are backing them up. It's the same all over.

[HughMoran]

4. Oh fer fuckin' fer fuckin' fer fuckin' Christs sakes. I'd like to smash this writers face in

God do I hate people that try to create a narrative from thin air. Motherfucking piece of crap writer.

[spanone]

5. fair & balanced

'An administration that swept into office just seven months ago on a wave of hope and optimism has burned through good will and public patience in swift fashion and now finds itself under fire from both the left and the right'

[Laelth]

9. I must agree.

We will suffer very little damage if we just fold out tent, for now, on health care. Obama should veto any bad bill that lands on his desk. He will suffer much more damage if he signs a bad bill into law and declares victory.

:dem:

-Laelth

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Maybe the writer reads DU?

:evilgrin:

[HughMoran]

7. Hmmm, you might be right

Since the "fire from the right" is a given...

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Maybe he knows some GLBT people

Ya know?

[Mari333]

8. escalating war, not closing Guantanamo, FISA, and a host of other things

makes the left pretty unsettled. add to that being wishy washy on DOMA, ignoring DADT, and not defending gay marriage..well, he is struggling, and especially if he keeps catering to the Blue Dogs and centrists and GOP.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. since when has Obama been struggling?

the NY Times Reporter is a twit.

[spanone]

11. it appears since the writer decided to frame it that way. it's all in the spin.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. The NY Times should put an erratum in next issue

erratum: President Obama was not struggling.

[Jennicut]

12. Bill Clinton was declared dead in the water by 1994. I guess they start in on Dem Presidents earlier

now.

[spanone]

14. yea, they went pretty easy on junior until the last few weeks

hell, they even fired dan rather when he got the goods on the commander in chief not showin' up for guard duty.....yea, it was dan's fault.

[Rocky Sullivan]

15. Dan didn't exactly have the goods...

wish he did-- but wish in one hand shit in the other, see which gets filled first.

[spanone]

18. i'm not so sure dan didn't have the goods....

[Bandit]

19. Seems his goods were the best available

The Bush* Cabal was asked time and time and time again to provide the records for Bush*'s last year in the Guard. It seems like his records were destroyed. The ONLY Guardsman's records to be destroyed.. How convenient. Also Bush* was asked numerous times why he refused a Direct Order to take a Flight Physical to maintain his Flight Status. He refused. It was never proved that the records Dan Rather had were nothing but original. While it was stated by the Right that they were forged, that was never proved either. By all accounts of those that were there, the records were an acurate accounting of the time period.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

16. Chimpy still got called "this popular president" until his number got into the 30s

funny how that works