Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Bubble Won

I think even a quick comparison of Obama to nearly any previous American President points to the fundamental reason Obama is stumbling badly in office and seeing his popularity collapse.

Just look at the most recent line of presidents. From Reagan, to both Bushes, Carter, who failed for different reasons, and a mostly successful Bill Clinton, these were individuals exposed to broad elements of America as a whole as they came up. That isn't the case for Obama, an individual who has admitted to being bored by suburbs and with no real claim to having experienced rural America very much.

Clearly the media isn't the applicant screener some people may have thought they were. Ironic how more and more of them continue to be fired, while Obama will get mostly a pass for three more years when it comes to job security. There is at least some justice in that.