President Obama is a man who has never had to cope with failure: Cries of "Great job, Barry!" have followed him all the days of his life, from Hawaii to Harvard to the White House. Now, like an overindulged child, he has thrown down his toys in a tantrum and is blaming everyone else for his failures.
Those failures grow more catastrophic by the day. Businesses are frozen by the uncertainty he has bred. Stock market investors and people still in jobs, are terrified by what is clearly another oncoming recession, and rightly so. This time the Fed has no ammunition to delay the inevitable. Meanwhile there is the distant thunder of a potentially massive economic storm in Europe.
The mood of this country could scarcely be worse. But instead of getting in front to lead, inspire, and offer hope, Obama has chosen this critical moment to disappear on an obscenely expensive vacation. Why? He has already played the Hope and Change cards. He knows the game is lost.
