Posted on 12/26/2010 10:56:36 AM PST by Libloather
Obama's insular White House worries his allies
The president famously relies on a tight circle of advisors. But with Republicans running the House next year, many say Obama will need some new faces to convey a new message.
By Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau
7:06 p.m. CST, December 24, 2010
Reporting from Washington — In the West Wing it had become a pretty common sight: two national security aides with close ties to the president, Thomas Donilon and Denis McDonough, hurrying into the Oval Office to show him the latest piece of hot intelligence.
Some administration officials who watched the scene unfold worried that James L. Jones, the national security advisor at the time, was being left out of the loop and that Obama was being given raw reports before their meaning and import were clear.
A strong national security advisor might weed out what the president doesn't need to see. Yet Obama never quite clicked with Jones — and the absence of a personal connection with the commander in chief turned out to be a handicap.
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With Republicans in charge in the House next year, the Democrats contend, Obama needs new faces who might be better suited to negotiate with a resurgent GOP and come up with a fresh alternative to the now-dated 2008 campaign message of "hope and change." Some names being tossed around: former Secretary of State Colin Powell; outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell; and Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton and co-chairman of Obama's deficit reduction panel.
"He's dealing with a new reality," Douglas Schoen, a pollster who advised Clinton, said in an interview.
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Start impeachment proceedings since he is NOT a NBC...due to his father...a Brit not an American Citizen.
His idea of "getting something done" is to tell somebody else to do it.
You are so right.
Not long ago, I ran across an old article that featured his Senate office. It pointed out the tasteful furnishings and "meaningful" artwork to be found there.
The desk was bare.
It also pointed out that the credenza behind the desk had file drawers, which were empty except for a "handful" of file folders.
I thought, looking at it, that this was a "showroom" office. There was nothing to indicate that any work was actually accomplished there. I'd have liked to have seen his staffer's desks by comparison.
Yes... the ghosts of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.
Plus Castro, Chavez, Kim Jong-Il, and Imanutjob.
There is no substance.
An article which examined Obama's entire job history -- it was by either Byron York or Stanley Kurtz -- recorded a clear pattern. Obama would take a job -- economic analyst, attorney, community organizer, foundation board member, state senator, US senator, etc. -- and immediately complain that he couldn't get anything done...because he didn't have enough "power".
Thus, the next step up the career ladder -- in search of more "power". Which, of course, also proved to invest him with insufficient power to do what he wanted.
Clearly, this is a man who has no understanding of "power" and where it comes from. To him, "power" is a cloak of office. It isn't earned, it's assumed by virtue of position.
As a concept, leadership is meaningless; persuasion is unneccessary. "Power" is the force majeure to decree what one wants.
The man has the arrogance and ego of a totalitarian. And he has the maturity and judgment of an adolescent.
These are dangerous times.
His idea of "getting something done" is to say it's done.
He closed the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorist his first week in office. But we still have prisoners there.
He spent a couple trillion bucks to create jobs. He declared he had "created or saved" jobs.
He held a job summit and declared jobs "created or saved".
He declared he was sending aid to Haiti after the earthquake, yet the aid has not yet arrived.
Let's be precise, shall we?
Obama's idea of "getting something done" is to tell somebody else to do it. Then, say that it's done.
Don, I think your font size is a little large for this type of response. Lighten up, sir!
“The man has the arrogance and ego of a totalitarian. And he has the maturity and judgment of an adolescent.”
Well stated, okie01!
I merely replied in the same manner as Mrs. Palin did when a reporterette used that salutary in the lead-up to a question.
The size of the font was for emphasis, as opposed to volume, that being implied through all-caps and excessive punctuation.
Nonetheless, I will try to be less excitable on such minor insulting trivialities.
Have a good ‘un
“I merely replied in the same manner as Mrs. Palin did when a reporterette used that salutary in the lead-up to a question.”
My apologies for reading too much into your post. Have a nice day.
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