Barack Obama's political skills sorely lacking lately

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It's disappointing to me that they are constantly having to put out fires such as:
1: Austin Goolsbee's "We won't do anything with Nafta, we're just trying to get votes" comment (WTF?-Who says that)
2. Michelle Obama's "For the first time in my life, I'm really proud to be an American" comment. Not good to make voters suspectible to right wing smears think you're not patriotic.
3. Not understanding the imperative of quitting Trinity before announcing his candidacy for the presidency. What was he thinking? Did he have no idea Reverend Wright could explode as it did?
4. Using the same words as Governor Duval Patrick in a speech at the Wisconsin JJ dinner. When you campaign on the importance of words and your oratory, it's just politically stupid.
5. Saying something that enables the right wing media to say that you have "slammed small town America" as CNN just spent an hour doing is just not all that smart.
6. Not condemming Louis Farakhan in the harshest possible unequivocal way immediately at the Ohio NBC debate.

Every other day, it's a new scandal. Every day, it's all of his or his campaign's own making. It's tough to be optimstic. Why is he constantly giving his opponents ammuntion? Why does he have to CONSTANTLY stress this supporter of his out.

It's incredibly frustrating!