Reply #27: On the days when my better angels are in charge

[Jakes Progress]

I think that Obama is a really nice man who I am glad beat mccain. I believe that he wanted to do good things. But like most men, he doesn't know everything so he went and got himself some advisers. The problem is that one of the things he doesn't know is how to get good advisers. He is terrible at it as evidenced by his choices to help with education, the economy, the war, and managing legislation. Then he trusts them - completely. It begins to feel that, despite his public persona, he has serious issues with self-doubt and feelings of inadequacies. Big show on the stage, but not feeling up to questioning his advisers whom he feels are smarter than he.

That is on my better days.

On days when the lesser angels rule, our president, whom I worked hard to get in office, is a more than a disappointment. On those days - and every time I get more news like the OP - I think he is a typical politician. On the worst days, events seem to paint him as a stealth candidate for the evil empire. Corporatists and neocons could hardly ask for more than they are getting.