Jay Cost sees very little hope for survival of the Obama administration beyond 2012.
If we've learned anything in the last 50 years of the modern campaign, it's that the billion dollar efforts of campaign technocrats, who now dominate our politics, cannot convince people that the sun rises in the west.
So, when we peel back the spin, the boasting, and the partisan hyperbole, we get the following: The president is going to need real improvement on at least one of those four items, or he is going to lose next year, and the race will be over before midnight on the East Coast. And there won't be a single thing David Axelrod, Jim Messina, or David Plouffe can do to stop it.
Hopefully, by the strike of midnight we will never hear from David Axelrod, Jim Messina, or David Plouffe again - well unless they write their memoirs from jail.
Posted by: Jane | June 22, 2011 at 02:10 PM
...unless they write their memoirs from jail.
You may not be very far off with that one, Jane. Who knows who's next under the bus for that ATF Fast and Furious fiasco? And we haven't even started talking about a special prosecutor.
Posted by: Tom Bowler | June 22, 2011 at 04:39 PM
My guess is we won't either. That would be racist you know.
What a gorgeous beach!
Posted by: Jane | June 23, 2011 at 01:38 PM
It really is a gorgeous place, but the internet service is so slow as to be nearly useless. After spending half the morning getting that picture uploaded I decided it wasn't worth the effort and that was the end of my internet experience for the week. We then proceeded to the swim-up bar where we had salted slices of lime with Tabasco and shots of Mezcal. Tasty stuff!
Sad to admit it, but your guess might be right.
Posted by: Tom Bowler | June 25, 2011 at 10:00 PM