You know you’re not having a good week when you build your reputation on your speaking ability and then you start getting headlines like this:Obama struggles as communicatorThe Note, 3/20/2009: So Special—Obama loses a week, as a great communicator doesn’t communicateBarack Obama Is a Terrible BoreBut that was the week that was, for President Obama—the week in which he took a pounding for closing a press award ceremony to the press. I think Ed Morissey’s crack on his Special Olympics gaffe captures the spirit of his week as well as anything can:
You know how you can tell when a President has a bad day? When his comparison of an American corporation to terrorists is the second-stupidest thing he said.
He’ll bounce back, I’m sure; every scorer has games where they just can’t put the ball in the hole. But no question, the president was in a real shooting slump this week, and the shine is starting to wear off with the press—they’re actually starting to notice these things. He’d best get back on his game in a hurry, or it’ll hurt him.