Some Opinions on Obama

I was reading through an opinion piece online today, and I thought I might share some interesting excerpts.  The writer writes the following on Obama and his hopes of being re-elected:

Obama’s re-election chances depend on painting the Republicans as disrespectful. So why would the White House act disrespectful by scheduling a speech to a joint session of Congress at the exact time when the Republicans already had a debate planned?

And again:

And it wasn’t exactly Morning in America when Obama sent out a mass e-mail to supporters Wednesday under the heading "Frustrated."  It unfortunately echoed a November 2010 parody in The Onion with the headline, "Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail."

And finally:

Obama is still suffering from the Speech Illusion, the idea that he can come down from the mountain, read from a Teleprompter, cast a magic spell with his words and climb back up the mountain, while we scurry around and do what he proclaimed.  The days of spinning illusions in a Greek temple in a football stadium are done. The One is dancing on the edge of one term.  The White House team is flailing — reacting, regrouping, retrenching. It’s repugnant.

In case you were wondering, this op-ed is not from Ann Coulter or Michele Malkin.  It is by Maureen Dowd, and it was published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times.