"At a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time. I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have. He's got to remedy that situation."- Barney Frank, calling for Barack Obama to become more involved in the auto bailout negotiations.
Although I disagree with Frank here, the man knows how to eloquently hurl an insult at Bush better than just about anyone. But it isn't Obama's fault that Bush is AWOL in his last days, and chastising him for not riding in to save the day makes the Dems in Congress look ineffective, even against an absentee, lame duck President.
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Comments (2)
Obama is right to stick with protocol, process, structure on this--even given the circumstances. I do wonder why Bush has been so absent though. Apart from barbs about his lame duckness, I haven't heard anything substantive. And I don't believe that it's not because Bush prefers to drown in malaise in his last days. Hey. I rhymed! :-)
Posted by Carla | December 6, 2008 12:22 PM
I think he just wants the stress and responsibility to end. If he could hand over the reigns to Obama today, he probably would secretly want to. His focus seems to have turned away from governance and toward shaping some sort of legacy, which will be a tough job in itself. But he knows this financial mess is going to have long-lasting effects, and maybe he's just trying to keep his finger prints off it as much as possible. If the automakers go under in 2009, history will probably put that one under Obama's column, after all.
Posted by Elyas | December 8, 2008 10:55 AM