What world is Obama living in?
There’s an old saying, “dance with the one who brung ya’”
That’s exactly what President Barack Obama has decided to do by reaching out to his former campaign manger, David Plouffe, as a special guru/advisor/hand holder to pick up the pieces of an presidential agenda in shambles.
Plouffe, who is Obama’s version of Karl Rove, has undeniable talent that took, dare I say it, a community organizer from the Southside of Chicago through a head to head battle with the Clinton War machine and won Democrat the nomination.
Who knew?
So, Obama is feeling kind of feisty according to special adviser David Axelrod, the other David, and can’t wait to engage in battle to recover from his worst week in the White House, speeding up his schedule for engaging in the 2010 political races and planning to use his State of the Union address on Wednesday to show the public a feisty side.
The president wants Pouffe to oversee House, Senate and governor’s races to stave off a hemorrhage of seats in the fall.
The president’s leading pollster, Joel Benenson, will be among those conducting research for Mr. Plouffe, aides said, along with others who will divide the country by regions.
It’s the 2008 campaign all over again!
But, there is a great flaw with this strategy that the Obama administration to this day fails to understand. There is a huge difference between running for president, which Obama actually knows how to do, and governing as president, which Obama has painfully demonstrated day in and day out despite the media’s fawning, that he does not know how to manage.
Plouffe magic does not apply to man who has never ran a business, never ran a state or a city as a chief executive and it shows. So, for the rest of the year until the midterm elections, President Obama will become Candiate Obama all over again.
That dog won’t hunt!
Via Memeorandum
Via New York Times
Via Politico
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