THE DISASTER – QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 10:39 A.M. ET:   The Obama administration, that is.  This week a poll reported that Obama was ranked the worst president since World War II.  While we take those polls with a grain of salt, they are a general indication.  Michael Goodwin, in the New York Post, sums up the mess: 

Let me be clear: Obama is flirting with disaster. This and other polls show he is losing ground with every group, including African-Americans.

Most important, clear majorities no longer trust him and no longer believe he is capable of leading the country.

His policies, especially ObamaCare, were never popular, but the accumulation of his failures has eroded his ability to defy political gravity.

That’s what happens when you get caught in too many lies and broken promises about fixing the economy. And don’t underestimate the impact of the global chaos on Americans’ sour mood.

Losing the consent of the governed is a profound event, and there is no easy path back to public grace. The one certainty is that Obama’s angry defiance will dig him a deeper hole.

His taunting of Republicans and critics in campaign-style events reinforces doubts about his fitness. Absorbed with self-pity and fixated on finding blame, he gives the impression of someone who never considers the possibility he might be part of the problem.

COMMENT:  Very well said.  Obama has, for too long, believed his press clippings.  And just as he is part of the problem, the press is also part of the problem.  This is what the country gets when a presidential candidate is not properly vetted when he runs for office.

But don't count Obama out.  He still has a long two-and-a-half years, and in that time he can do substantial damage.  There's no such thing as an irrelevant president.  His pen makes him very relevant indeed.

July 3, 2014