Out of his depth - Time political reporter Mark Halperin has discovered, about two years too late, that Obama is "isolated, insular, arrogant and clueless" in "Why Obama is losing the political war." Don't hold your breath waiting for Obama to take responsibility for, well, anything that goes wrong in his White House or in the country. It's always somebody else's fault.

Just a couple days ago, James Carville and Stan Greenberg of Democracy Corps released a study indicating that Americans were turned off by the President's incessant blame game against Bush and the Republicans. So what did Obama do yesterday? He gave the "car in the ditch" speech yet again.

You see, the problem isn't that it's a bad speech. It's that you're not listening, America.

Extra - Hot Air: "Obama's attack on Chamber of Commerce backfiring." Um...Slurpees!

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