Senior WH official: Obama’s GOP outreach is a big waste of time designed to impress the media

Senior WH official: Obama’s GOP outreach is a big waste of time designed to impress the media. “Even more jarring than Obama’s lack of engagement was his public protestations that there was nothing he could do to strike a deal with the GOP. ‘It made him look weak,’ said a Democratic strategist with close ties to the White House. ‘It made him look – can I use this word? – impotent.'” Just say “lame duck” (or a similar 4-letter word starting with “d”), they’ll understand.

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  • "(or a similar 4-letter word starting with “d”)"

    Or a similar 4 letter word, starting with "f", rhyming with duck?

  • What's that? You mean Obama was doing something just for appearances?
    I don't believe it! ;-)

    • Obama is a style brand, not a performance brand. Everything about style is about appearance. Everything about performance is about results. If Obama was a football coach, he would have been fired before his 1st contract was up, let alone get getting an extention.

  • Can't be wasting "Dear Leader's" time with things like work, he's got golfing to do.