Is Obama running out of gas?

Donald Sensing says maybe.

[Obamacare] didn’t pass then and hasn’t passed yet, and last November Joel Kotkin, executive editor of NewGeography.com and a distinguished presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University, concluded the same thing:

A good friend of mine, a Democratic mayor here in California, describes the Obama administration as “Moveon.org run by the Chicago machine.” This combination may have been good enough to beat John McCain in 2008, but it is proving a poor way to run a country or build a strong, effective political majority. And while the president’s charismatic talent – and the lack of such among his opposition – may keep him in office, it will be largely as a kind of permanent lame duck unable to make any of the transformative changes he promised as a candidate.

Now today comes the Associated Press with “Outlook no brighter for Obama’s new health plan:”

WASHINGTON – Starting over on health care, President Barack Obama knows his chances aren’t looking much more promising. A year after he called for a far-reaching overhaul, Obama unveiled his most detailed plan yet on Monday. Realistically, he’s just hoping to win a big enough slice to silence the talk of a failing presidency.

When the left-leaning AP is saying “trouble”, there’s trouble.  And perception is reality, especially among our not-that-bright political class:

This is not far from becoming a meme, and in Washington politics memes take on a life of their own, creating reality as much as reflecting it.

It’s not a bad thing – in principle.  A gridlocked government is a government that can’t screw up the economy.

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