“The Price of Politics”
Bob Woodward’s new book, “The Price of Politics” may do more to threaten President Obama’s reelection than the anemic jobs reports.
Obama may be a great orator with a clever campaign, but Woodward’s book depicts his White House as dysfunctional and disorganized. The president himself is depicted as aloof and unable to develop the relationships necessary to lead the nation. Congressional leaders of his own party, Nancy Pelosi in the House and Harry Reid in the Senate, have little regard for Obama’s leadership abilities.
The book focuses on the debt ceiling crisis that the nation face during the summer of 2011. A crisis that was so serious that “they wouldn’t tell the world how bad in was at the time,” according to Woodward in a interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer that will be aired Monday night.
As I was reading several reviews of the book I was reminded of Governor Chris Christie’s frequent criticism of Obama’s lack of leadership and inability to work across the aisle. It’s worse than Chrisite imagined. Harry Reid asked Obama to leave the room, at a meeting Obama called of congressional leaders at the White House, so that the congressional leaders could hammer out a deal to avert our nation defaulting on its debt that Obama would have no choice but to sign. Earlier in the Obama administration, Nancy Pelosi muted a conference call from Obama while she and Reid were together working on details of the stimulus package so that the president wouldn’t know that he did not have their undivided attention for his pontification. Clint Eastwood was right. The chair is empty and even the national Democratic congressional leaders know it.
The mainstream media’s coverage of the book may be more damaging to Obama’s reelection chances than the content of the book itself.
Reviews in the New York Times and Washington Post read like the reviewers compared notes before publication. They are trying to suppress sales by depicting the book as boring and a rehash of previous reporting. Yet they have enough integrity to report Woodward’s conclusion:
“It is a fact that President Obama was handed a miserable, faltering economy and faced a recalcitrant Republican opposition.
“But presidents work their will — or should work their will — on the important matters of national business. There is occasional discussion in this book about Presidents Reagan and Clinton, what they did or would have done. Open as both are to serious criticism, they nonetheless largely worked their will.
“Obama has not. The mission of stabilizing and improving the economy is incomplete.”
But ABC is giving Woodward prime coverage of the book on Monday night in a intervew with Sawyer during “World News Tonight” and “Nightline.” Woodward will sit down with George Stephanopolous live on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday, September 11, the day the book is release.
The early coverage does not look good for Obama.
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Will there be lots of pictures and small words so libturds can understand it???
This might give joey mumbles a stroke……….
Criticizing Obama for not working across the aisle is a joke since we now know that the Republicans met on the night of his inauguration and agreed to block anything he tried to do including things that the R’s themselves had previously supported…
Why did the R’s vote against the anti outsourcing bill?? So much for all of the Republican bullshit all of these years about not giving tax breaks to companys that send jobs overseas.
Why won’t the Republicans support the Presidents jobs bill which in the past would have overwhelming bipartisan support???
As part of the Grand Compromise to reduce future deficits by trillions, Obama agreed to huge spending cuts in programs. The extremists in the House would not agree to one penny in tax increases including letting the top rate of the Bush tax cut expire.
At his inauguration Obamam had the House and 89 votes in the Senate. The R in the senate incluuded Spector who eventually switched parties. The Republicans could not stop anything that first year. In fact the Chief of Staff said F the republicans we do not need their suggestions we will pass the
the stimulus. Thisis when the Republicans wanted to provide some suggestions.
Further Bob English, any so-called “jobs bill” that Obama proposes is just more payoffs to his union buddies. Every time Obama blithers on and on about how desperately we need to hire more police, teachers, fire, etc. , means the taxpayers will be on the hook for more salaries and more 48-year old retirees collecting fat pensions and free lifetime health benefits. That’s why Obama hates business and entrepreneurs so much – it means less workers beholden to the Democrat party.
What Woodward Describes Is EXACTLY What One Gets When An Inexperienced Person Is Elected To The Presidency, ESPECIALLY When He Voted “Present” So Many Times And Never Held A Real Job.
Thanks Libtards.
EXACTLY right about the payoffs to union buddies. Witness the paving payoff bonanza that is known as the fraudulent American Reinvestment & Recovery Act.
Does anyone think it strange that all of those paving jobs are timed for just before the election? We’re not talking about a job here and there, we’re talking about miles and miles of fresh union laid asphalt.
Yes, we needed the work done, but don’t tell me it took so long so spin up these jobs. They were supposed to be “shovel ready.”
Oh, that’s right, the Fraud In Chief said with an uncomfortable laugh, “I guess there weren’t that many shovel ready jobs”
How can anyone even suggest that the GOP refused to work with Obama after his inauguration when Obama didn’t even have Boehner’s freaking phone number? Are you kidding me?
The Thug In Chief said “WE WON,” which most everyone interpreted asas screw you to the Republicans and he’s proved it everyday.
Again, remember Obummer had Congress for two full years and STILL he never passed a budget.
Obama has a “jobs bill”? Really? Never heard of anything like that
Remember how Bush 41 had a bit of a problem with the new scanning cash registers?
The media lambasted him over it. I wonder how much they will harpoon Obummer over this
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/sep/9/tech-challenge-obama-has-trouble-iphone/
I thought the Thug In Chief was supposed to be on his game with technology?????
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-07-19/politics/politics_senate-bring-jobs-home-bill-blocked_1_gop-senators-senate-republicans-jobs
RE: The linked article above, Bobbie only cares about the title, NOT the reasons for the Republicans voting against it.
“In voting against the bill, Republicans raised both substantive and procedural problems with the measure.”
You see, for libtards, it’s the nature of the charge, NOT the facts behind it.
http://takimag.com/article/an_overdose_of_hope_takimag/page_2#axzz264EMBpKm
This perfectly EXPOSES the farce and hypocrisy that is this Thug’s campaign and the DuNCe which ran the convention.
It’s well worth the read and worth spreading far and wide. One only needs to read this to know who not to vote for.
Bob,
Who won’t compromise?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443864204577623332790836376.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
Now Quit That Mike 🙂
You know Lil Bobbie Boy doesn’t like facts and prefers his dancing shoes
That you so proudly proclaim, that Obummer saved the Auto Industry…
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/316379/democrats-gm-fiction-editors
And about that Volt. This is “electrifying”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/us-generalmotors-autos-volt-idUSBRE88904J20120910
Zuckerman: Economy Worse Than Statistics Indicate
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/zuckerman-jobless-rate-obama/2012/09/09/id/451224
And what were the “substantive and procedural problems????”…maybe that their corporate pupetmasters told them to vote against it or maybe the fact that Obama was for it so they had to be against it even though they had always supported its purpose?? Vote out everyone (including a couple of the d’s) that voted against the anti outsourcing bill.
Lil Bobbie, you are the KING of factioids.
Why don’t you go look it up instead of throwing out hyperbolic, campaign talking parrot point charges?
The changes in the congressional line up 2 yrs ago, came about because; the voting public was outraged.
Outraged by Obama’s crappy leadership, outraged by his refusal to acknowledge the public outcry against Obamacare (and several other fiascos), and outraged by the Chicago style strong-arm tactics he uses in implementing his agendas.
The message sent to this administration was deafening, yet nothing changed. Not a damn thing.
No need for me to look up anything since you are the one making the excuse as to why most of the R’s voted no.
Vote out everyone who voted against the anti outsourcing bill!!!
All I was doing was QUOTING the article, I didn’t make up any excuses. You must be afraid of the truth.
You must have your dancing shoes in front of you because we held your feet to the fire.
Tsk, Tsk
As to outsourcing, I guess you are NOT in favor of the global economy and lower prices.
BTW, Lil Bobbie Boy; how’s that NASA outreach going to the Muslim world.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/11/egyptian-protesters-scale-us-embassy-wall-in-cairo/
You know the Arab Spring that the Muslim in the White House embraced, while refusing to meet with Netenyahu
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/11/early-frost-white-house-gives-chilly-response-to-proposed-obama-netanyahu-talk/
Just like they almost kicked Jerusalem off the Dumbocrat platform.