The failings of President Obama have a lot of media people looking for some way of explaining it all.  After all, it's tough to look at yourself in the mirror and admit that you were one of those who did not ask the tough questions of candidate Obama back in 2008.  He wasn't ready for the presidency and everybody knew it but nobody wanted to say it! They ad Bush to blame for much of the first term.  It was easy because President Bush left with low poll ratings and the wars were unpopular. It's getting harder and harder in year 6 of "hope and change".   The latest defense is blaming the job, or how impossible it is to be president.  It reminds some of us of what they used to say in the Carter years. Chris Cillizza now tells us that maybe the job is just impossible: "Why? For lots of reasons up to and including: * The decline of the bully pulpit as a persuasion mechanism * The deep...(Read Full Post)