"I'M ALL OUT OF LOVE..."

Inside an article by Alex Spillius in The Telegraph from across the pond titled Democrats doubt Barack Obama's reelection chances, we find two little nuggets.

The first comes from Washington consultant and former Clinton-ite, Morris Reid. It seems he’s found out why President Obama is seen as a failure by so many people on the right and the left – he’s too nice!

"He is a do-gooder at heart...He thinks everyone has the same agenda to do the right thing, but other people don't have the same agenda. Their agenda is to score points and get their party re-elected.

This is the downside of him not being terribly political like Bill Clinton was. Bill Clinton woke up every day relishing this kind of fight, and Hillary is just a tougher person. The Clintons are much more combative, they are always ready to go to Defcon 1 ('war is imminent' state)."

Ahhh..right. I get it - the man who dismissed concerns his stimulus was spending too much money (really?) with a dismissive, "I won" was just too nice. But, at the end of the article, I believe we find the real reason from Drew Westen, professor of psychology at Emory University:

"Those of us who were bewitched by his eloquence on the campaign trail chose to ignore some disquieting aspects of his biography: that he had accomplished very little before he ran for president."