The Amateur the New Book on Obama Pretty Scathing

Wow, I think I might want to pick this thing up to check out how bad it hits him. Judging from this review it gives you some serious insight into his character using 200 interviews from people at all times in his life.

Liberal Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen recently advised him to read Robert Caro's newest volume on the life of Lyndon Johnson as a primer on how to be president.  Johnson, of course, was a master at pulling levers of power, but he also knew how to persuade individual politicians on both sides of the aisle to work with him on legislation.  But, of course, LBJ also had the common touch and, having risen from humble beginnings, never considered it beneath him to work with those underneath him.  Not so Barack Obama.  He complained to foreign leaders that he had to waste time talking with "congressmen from Palookaville."  At another time, he switched locales and said he was tired of dealing with people from "Podunk."

This is the chief reason why he can't get anything passed in Washington. I think he views people on both sides of the aisle as beneath him. Even if that congressmen from Podunk will be instrumental in passing his budget or his green initiative he just hates having to work with them so he doesn't. This certainly explains why he was so hands off when it came to passing Obamacare and other legislation when the Dems still controlled Congress. 

Also he seems like a world class user as well:

Klein reveals dismay among former Obama supporters who feel they have been mistreated, maligned, and thrown under the bus.  Obama's most generous early donors have been all but ignored; early mentors in the black business community have been sidelined if not completely ditched; people don't hear from him or his staff unless a fundraiser is coming up. 

Yup, he only calls when he needs money. Kind of like a dead-beat brother-in-law or something similar. It also seems like Michele is a fat-hater and barred Oprah because she is too fat.

Oprah only wants to cash in using the White House as a backdrop for her show to perk up ratings. Oprah with her yo-yo dieting and huge girth, is a terrible role model. Kids will look at Oprah, who's rich and famous and huge, and figure it's okay to be fat.

In other words Michele to Oprah "Sorry fatty no White House for you!" I wonder if Adele or Kevin James would be barred from the White House functions as well? Obama also seems to have a Svengali or a Rasputin type figure lurking around him in the White House.

The role of Valerie Jarrett has prompted much speculation.  As Edward Klein notes, she has a mouthful of a title --  senior adviser and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement -- that "doesn't begin to do justice to her unrivaled status in the White House."  Valerie Jarrett apparently has a role in most major decisions: she often appears in meetings the president has with major political leaders from Capitol Hill and with foreign leaders as well.  She often stays behind to have private discussions with the president.  Obama admitted that he ran every decision by her.

The more I read about this the more I want Hillary to run against him for the Democratic nomination. That way we either get Mitt or Hillary and both would be preferable to Obama in the next 4 years. She has experience in foreign policy, ran a business, and would actually listen to someone other than her husband and some Chicago Rasputin. I think if she wins quite a bit of the gridlock will be drained out of Washington because she was fairly well liked as a Senator and can actually work with the GOP. It would be a serious sit-down-and-think if she was pitted against Mitt for President.