Where Is The President?

President Barack Obama tapes the weekly address, White House Photo, Lawrence Jackson, 10/7/11

Aimless Obama Walks Alone -- Michael Goodwin, New York Post

The reports are not good, disturbing even. I have heard basically the same story four times in the last 10 days, and the people doing the talking are in New York and Washington and are spread across the political spectrum.

The gist is this: President Obama has become a lone wolf, a stranger to his own government. He talks mostly, and sometimes only, to friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett and to David Axelrod, his political strategist.

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My Comment: What strikes me is that his own party is deserting him. With the election only a year away, there is no eagerness for Democrats running to be associated with him .... hence their back-tracking on his "jobs bill". In the area of defense/war/security .... his style is 180 degrees opposite from President Bush's. While President Bush was in contact with his military commanders in the field on a daily basis .... President Obama (from what I have been told) only converses with his commanders sporadically .... and even then .... not at all. If this is the case .... this is not good .... and when one thinks of the other crises that we are now facing .... downright worrisome.

Donald Trump .... when asked what was President Obama good at .... remarked that he was only good at getting elected. Unfortunately for the U.S. .... it looks like he is right.

Update: A friend of mine just remarked that he got Bin Laden .... and maybe his leadership approach is the right one. Hmmm .... no. The structure, strategy, resources, and operational guidelines to get bin Laden were in place long before Obama was elected President. Where he deserves credit is when the intelligence/security chiefs came up to him to get his A-OK to proceed when bin Laden was located .... which to his credit .... he then gave it to them.