The Obama rope-a-dope? - Achenblog - The Washington Post

The Obama rope-a-dope? - Achenblog - The Washington Post: "The simplest explanation for President Obama’s recent negotiating weakness and rhetorical insipidness is that he’s simply not a very good politician. The solidifying consensus is that he shouldn’t have let the debt ceiling debate get rolling to begin with — that he should have said (as I suggested) that default wasn’t a negotiable issue. His base feels he caves to the GOP. Friendly pundits have soured on him."