Standing around the water cooler on Monday morning, every play of the previous day’s “big game” is easy to dissect. It’s easy to see what the quarterback did wrong, where the defense missed a coverage and where a receiver ran the wrong route. It’s easy when you have the advantage of 24 hours to reflect and seeing the replay of every error from at least six different angles….in slow motion!
After two weeks in office, President Barack Obama, a man who has never run anything, is having trouble, well, running something. Specifically, after second guessing his way to the Presidency, Obama is finding it difficult to execute smoothly when there is more to deal with than just the tie that he will wear at his next photo op.
In just two weeks Obama has gone 1 for 3 on securing tax cheats into administration positions. While a .333 batting average is good if you’re a catcher in the American League, supporting these candidates even after the tax revelations, shows a complete tin ear to the expectations of average Americans.
In just two weeks, Obama has already made a shambles of his ethical standards order. At least two former lobbyists have been hired under the guise of “uniquely qualified”. Along with the insistence that people who aren’t smart enough to get competent tax advice are still smart enough to run major Federal agencies including the IRS, the hiring of the lobbyists show that contrary to all the campaign promises, the Obama administration will look just like any other “good ol’ boy” political organization that has ever existed.
In just two weeks, legislation for a stimulus bill that was supposed to be ready for the President to sign on the day of his inauguration, has only passed the House. The debate is just beginning in the Senate and the bill is rapidly losing support from the American public. Oh, and in just two weeks President Obama lost control of his “post partisan” message as Nancy Pelosi rejected the ability for any input or amendments from any Republican.
In just two weeks, after attempting to be kindler and gentler with Iran, Iran responded to the Obama’s generous gesture by saying “did we say step to this line? No, you must now step to this new line.”
It seems so easy looking back from Monday morning. It’s quite a different thing to do it right when you’re in the middle of the play on each and every down. I hope for all our sakes, that President Obama learns the differences, quickly.
