Our leader and the debt fiasco

 LA Times  blogger Andrew Malcolm  has a superb take on Obama and the debt fiasco:

Obama stepped into the stalled talks in recent weeks. He never offered his own new debt reduction plan, but used several public statements and closed White House meetings to show executive leadership and criticize other plans.

He used his poll-tested "balanced approach" demand numerous times (meaning more taxes as well as spending cuts) and sent aides like David Plouffe out to repeat how Republicans were demanding "my way or the highway."

As one result, not only did Obama's overall job approval sink to 40%, lowest of his 923 days in office...  Read more 

         (via Instapundit)