Photo Ops?

OK, so by now, everyone has seen Obama’s comment about how he wasn’t interested in photo ops along the Texas border with Mexico. And, of course, everyone knows that’s a crock. I note McPhillips on Facebook saying so. I also

Rumblings from the ‘Rats plantation, from Fareed Zakaria, Chicago Tribune:

Democrats are finally up for a fight — with President Barack Obama. Having despaired that Obama gave in to the tea party on the debt deal, they now

Dumbo stuck on higher taxes. Barack Obama is addicted to the idea of big government,from James Pethokoukis, Beuters:

But Obama’s tax obsession becomes understandable when you realize the long game he’s playing: Big Taxes to fund Big Government.

Hope has died, from Ben White, Politico:

President Barack Obama is heading into his reelection campaign with a flagging economy that appears incapable of producing the sustained job growth needed to push unemployment below crisis levels.

And there appears

Can Cain? Herman Cain did what was expected and officially threw is hat into the ring, from Daily Caller:

Cain said one of the biggest reasons he’s running for president is because, “we have become a nation of crises.”

Firing Squad perhaps? From Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News:

WASHINGTON — The Army on Wednesday filed 22 new charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of illegally downloading tens of thousands of classified U.S. military and State

Dumbo throws ‘rate underneath the bus, Barack Obama and congressional repubolicans agree to extend Bush era tax rates, from Shailagh Murray
Washington Post:

President Obama and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to a tentative deal that would extend for

It’s not a good narrative arc: The man who walked on water is now ensnared by a crisis under water.

Maureen Dowd, a/k/a MoDo, New York Slimes

Neither George W. Bush, nor Barack  “Dumbo”  Ohana could ever walk on water,

Obama dithered while the Gulf burned, a time line from Doug Ross:

Perhaps if the oil breached the Louisiana levees, then caught on fire, and then turned New Orleans into a Dresden-like inferno, the President would stop campaigning

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Rat’s losing the Fat Vote? Micheal Moore has crisis of faith, from Sahil Kapur, Raw Story:

Just over a year ago, Michael Moore vigorously campaigned for President Obama and the Democratic Party. But watching them jettison the public option