DEMS BLAST OBAMA - AT 8:18 A.M. ET:  What a difference some diving poll numbers can make.  Democrats, who just recently had only praise for the esteemed leader, are now taking shots at President Obama's handling of health care.  The president will appear on all the networks tonight, in another all-Obama-all-the-time moment, to try to rescue his stumbling health-reform campaign.  (If we see any more of him he'll need one of those image-makeover specialists to keep him off TV.  Overexposure indeed.) 

He has a tough sales job, with even his own party skeptical, as CNN reports:

WASHINGTON (CNN) – As the prospects for passing health reform by the time Congress leaves for its August recess look bleaker, Democratic grumbling about President Obama is growing louder. One Democratic senator tells CNN congressional Democrats are “baffled,” and another senior Democratic source tells CNN members of the president’s own party are still “frustrated” that they’re not getting more specific direction from him on health care. “We appreciate the rhetoric and his willingness to ratchet up the pressure but what most Democrats on the Hill are looking for is for the president to weigh in and make decisions on outstanding issues. Instead of sending out his people and saying the president isn’t ruling anything out, members would like a little bit of clarity on what he would support – especially on how to pay for his health reform bill,” a senior Democratic congressional source tells CNN.

COMMENT:  Inexperience shows.  Mr. Obama has never run anything but his Senate office, and he wasn't there most of the time.  He's not exactly a detail man, but seems to see himself as a philosopher.  Well, Barack, let's get down from Mount Olympus, or Mount Rushmore, or whatever mount you're on, and get into the scrimmage.

July 22, 2009