That is a more accurate assessment of who this clown really is, IMO too. He is a weak prince who was propped up by an assortment of con-men. Yet, he and his cronies are realizing that this grand, starry-eyed transformation of America ain't going so well. The evidence is all around them and they are just smart enough to smell the smoke and see the fire.
So this woeful lack of real world experience in the face of colossal failure of policies has caused a mental paralysis of sorts in the Big O and his clan - headlights meet deer. Consequently, he and his advisers mentally dig in their heels to the only thing they know-leftist ideology: class warfare, crony capitalism, vote buying (via stimulus, or is that stimuli?), growing government, environmental fascism, union thuggery, etc. And, let us not forget the toughest of leftist tasks, perpetuating the myth of who they are NOT.
So, Krauthammer is playing Captain Obvious here.
Even that mal-president Clinton had the political savvy to "triangulate" and move to the center on occasion. Obama is a like the loser at the casino whose "system" of betting has left him broke and begging the casino for a loan to play some more.
The comparison of Dr. K to the character “Dr. Strangelove” in Stanley Kubrick's movie of the same name is appropriate. Dr. K is a really creepy dude.