April 17, 2012

Mr. President, It's All of the Above

By Christopher Chantrill
Even MSNBC reckons that the president had a bad week.  The bad-hair week, according to Chuck Todd, included the "tax-fairness issue" over the weekend, the stock market loss on Monday, the rallying round Romney after the Santorum exit, the Rosen flap, and then a local reporter asking the president about jet-set vacations while the America people suffer.  The president blamed the "Secret Service and Air Force One" for that.  The malfeasance of federal employees and the cost of fuel compel the president to travel. And now it looks like the establishment commentariat is turning on the Buffett Rule.  It's a gimmick, they say. The Obama campaign problems go beyond the tone-deaf community-organizer politics on the stupid Buffett Rule, the Rosen flap, and the naughty boys at the Secret Service.  It's all of the above -- and then some.  It's the stupid stimulus, which is turning into a real bust now that all those female schoolteachers are losing their jobs. ...(Read Full Article)