Even the Lefty media mulletheads are starting to figure it out

Yesterday was NOT a good day for Team Zero, as evidenced by the contribution from their usually fawning fools at the New York Times. The gang includes Rich, Dowd, Friedman, the editorial gang. Even Krugman sounds a sour note about the once-and-nevermore hero!

Noteworthy:

"....there is no question that Obama’s first eight weeks in office have been rocky, and sometimes in politics a series of missteps metastasize into a durable impression. President Obama and his Administration are edging dangerously close to that point at neck-breaking speed.

It’s never a good sign when your core supporters in the commentariet are beginning to turn on you: it influences the rest of the coverage, including television coverage, and alters the public’s perception over time.

The most important thing to remember is that events are what matter — and here, too, Obama can take little comfort so far. His priorities seem out of touch with the moment. He and his Treasury Secretary/economic team appear over-matched by events. At times they have even appeared clueless.

Obama has deferred to Congressional Democrats to an astonishing degree, and we are seeing early signs of skittishness and concern from them about the President’s agenda. In a terribly damaging blow, the Congressional Budget Office’s report on Friday is projecting that Obama’s budget will produce annual deficits that would force the nation to borrow nearly $9.3 trillion over the next decade — $2.3 trillion more than what the President predicted when he unveiled his budget a few weeks ago.

Regimes like Iran are mocking Obama’s efforts at outreach. Obama jettisoned almost immediately any serious effort to make good on his promises to transcend ideology and usher in an era of bipartisanship, ethics reform, the end of earmarks, and a 'new politics' characterized by seriousness rather than pettiness, and candor rather than spin."

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