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Great headline

by DougJ

On Politico right now:


Obama’s toughest week yet




He’s been in office for two weeks.

Assholes, Media | 10:32 am |

36 Responses to “Great headline”

  1. 1
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 am Reply to this comment

    Trinity

    I’m just waiting for the in-depth analysis of Obama’s failed presidency. Should be out next week I imagine.

  2. 2
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 am Reply to this comment

    cleek

    is Politico trying to be the People magazine of political reporting?

  3. 3
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:36 am Reply to this comment

    Zifnab

    He’s been in office for two weeks.

    And of them, this was the toughest. :-p

    Besides, let’s get serious. Obama has been acting as President since November 4th. He just didn’t get the reigns of power until two weeks ago.

  4. 4
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:37 am Reply to this comment

    chopper

    so far this has been the worst fortnight of obama’s entire presidency.

  5. 5
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 am Reply to this comment

    smiley

    OT: Another appointee with tax issues has withdrawn.

    The talking heads are now talking about a double standard because she’s female. This is going to be run into the ground by the wingers.

  6. 6
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 am Reply to this comment

    Faux News

    is Politico trying to be the People magazine of political reporting?

    Please let’s not insult the harmless fluff that is People Magazine.

    Politico is trying to be the Tiger Beat of political reporting.

  7. 7
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am Reply to this comment

    El Cid

    The mainscream media are such hypocrites, treating their messiah Obama with kid gloves. We all remember how George W. Bush Jr. solved all our national problems in his first 3.5 hours, until Bill Clinton attacked the World Trade Centers and MoveOn.org tried to get Saddam Hussein to invade Montana.

  8. 8
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am Reply to this comment

    Bootlegger

    A 50-50 chance.

  9. 9
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:50 am Reply to this comment

    The Grand Panjandrum

    The establishment media has evolved into a bunch of Drama Queens. I sure do miss Weekly World News. At least they reported regularly on the Bat Boy found in a cave.

  10. 10
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 am Reply to this comment

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    is Politico is trying to be the People magazine of political reporting.

    Fixed.

  11. 11
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:54 am Reply to this comment

    SGEW

    Barack Obama is, without a doubt, the absolutely worst black president we’ve ever had.

    He is also the worst Hawaiian-born president, the worst comic book collecting president, the worst president with the middle name "Hussein," and definitely the worst president whose father was an atheist goat-herder Luo tribesman from Kenya. Not to mention the worst Democratic president of the 21st Century and the worst president since the invention of the iPhone.

    In fact, Barack Obama should already be called a miserable failure, for all of these reasons and many more.

  12. 12
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 am Reply to this comment

    MH

    I don’t see this headline you’re talking about…?

  13. 13
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:58 am Reply to this comment

    Media Browski

    Well, it’s good to see the media (them, not me) finally ending their love-affair with Obama and starting to ask the serious questions. Questions like "What have you done for us in the past 14 days?"

  14. 14
    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am Reply to this comment

    Brick Oven Bill

    17 Lobbyists (not including Daschle’s wife or Bill), 5 Executive Orders, 2 Cabinet tax cheats*, and telling a reporter to not ask a question. Not a bad two weeks. The honeymoon ends in 86 days. Then the job gets tougher.

    *Live Update! 3 tax cheats, the Performance Czar falls.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am Reply to this comment

    Bootlegger

    @SGEW: Don’t forget the first president married to a woman of color.
    I think its fair to say though that he is the best dancing president of this century, nay, this millennium.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:06 am Reply to this comment

    ChrisNBama

    SGEW wrote:

    Barack Obama is, without a doubt, the absolutely worst black president we’ve ever had. He is also the worst Hawaiian-born president, the worst comic book collecting president, the worst president with the middle name Hussein, and definitely the worst president whose father was an atheist goat-herder Luo tribesman from Kenya. Not to mention the worst Democratic president of the 21st Century and the worst president since the invention of the iPhone. In fact, Barack Obama should already be called a miserable failure, for all of these reasons and many more.

    Brilliant snark. I like it.

  17. 17
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 am Reply to this comment

    Ash Can

    @smiley: This is a shame; she sounded like a great person for this job. This kind of tax peccadillo (household help) is extremely common, too.

  18. 18
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 am Reply to this comment

    Gus

    I was always taught that you need at least three things to use the superlative, but the headline "The tougher of Obama’s two weeks" doesn’t quite have the same feel.

  19. 19
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 am Reply to this comment

    Jemerson48

    Well look…if its not his toughest week as President then its certainly his second toughest. I just don’t get this squabbling over minutia…

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am Reply to this comment

    Montysano (All Hail Marx & Lennon)

    @Brick Oven Bill:

    17 Lobbyists (not including Daschle’s wife or Bill), 5 Executive Orders, 2 Cabinet tax cheats*, and telling a reporter to not ask a question. Not a bad two weeks. The honeymoon ends in 86 days. Then the job gets tougher.

    Eric? Eric Cantor? Is that you? Quit snarking on a blog and get back to work.

    Wanker….

  21. 21
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:13 am Reply to this comment

    J.

    Better: "Obama’s Worst Week Ever"

    And speaking of bad weeks… I invite you all to take my poll, on which is the greater (or greatest) political sin—i.e., what if anything will prevent a pol from being confirmed or elected or thrown out of office.

  22. 22
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 am Reply to this comment

    linda

    and here’s politico’s question of the day:

    Resting on stimulus?
    Do you think President Obama’s chances of re-election rest on the success of his economic stimulus package?

    Yes

    No

    Maybe a little

  23. 23
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:22 am Reply to this comment

    steve

    it is painfully obvious obama is in way over his head…

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:23 am Reply to this comment

    sarah

    did you take a screenshot, dougj? it’s not there anymore. it probably got wiped from their whiteboard.

    i like the tiger beat comparison.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 am Reply to this comment

    DougJ

    did you take a screenshot, dougj?

    No, I was in a hurry. I should have.

  26. 26
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 am Reply to this comment

    MNPundit

    C’mon, they mean of his political life. I think that’s bull, Rev Wright was worse but then Politico are idiots we all knew that.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 am Reply to this comment

    Brick Oven Bill

    No Montesano; Not Eric Cantor, just a guy with too much time on my hands. But I am very happy today. I have successfully fixed the neck of my guitar, which one of the kiddies somehow snapped in half. So off to the guitar store to pick up a whole bunch of sets of strings, because they are metal, a good investment, and music is nice.

    I’m a jet fuel genius, and can solve the world’s problems, by the way. It doesn’t even feel like I’m trying. I am going to learn that song when I get back from the guitar store.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:41 am Reply to this comment

    Tsulagi

    it’s not there anymore

    Yeah, didn’t see it either. But while on Politico did see this…

    Fresh off his stint as a war correspondent in Gaza, Joe the Plumber is now doing political strategy with Republicans.

    That’s funny. You gotta give that guy some credit. He keeps furiously humping that Gooper leg for all he can get. They throw him some bones to distract him like that Gaza “reporting,” but he quickly gets back on that leg.

  29. 29
    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:41 am Reply to this comment

    Bootlegger

    @steve: After W that’s a pretty low bar to set…

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 am Reply to this comment

    joe in oklahoma

    but hey, it’s Politico!
    what did you expect?
    Tiger Beat indeed.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 am Reply to this comment

    demimondian

    Pardon my stupidity, but, for some reason, I was under the impression that "toughest" was a superlative. Is it not the case the one needs at least three items to apply a superlative?

  32. 32
    February 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm Reply to this comment

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » When Black Friday comes

    [...] Politico says, this has been the toughest week for Obama yet. The Daschle withdrawl (which I’m glad to see) will be discussed endlessly for [...]

  33. 33
    February 3rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm Reply to this comment

    Rainy

    Uh, this is not his toughest week so far. If this is his worst week so far then he will always be at 70% approval rating.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm Reply to this comment

    Bill H

    That’s funny. You gotta give that guy some credit. He keeps furiously humping that Gooper leg for all he can get. They throw him some bones to distract him like that Gaza “reporting,” but he quickly gets back on that leg.

    I will be thinking about that for weeks, and my associates’ conviction that I am completely bonkers will be reinforced as I keep breaking out in giggles in the midst of a business meeting.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm Reply to this comment

    jvill

    It’s hard to argue against this week being worse than last week for President Obama.

    Of course, it’s also hard to argue against the Politico’s method of examining Jim VandeHei’s toilet floaters for their insightful political analysis.

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    February 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 pm Reply to this comment

    Fascist Hyena

    "Tougher" would seem more appropriate.

    By God, this is really beginning to look like amateur hour. A nation begins to squirm, and to wonder uneasily: what on earth ever led us to believe that this nice young man was up to the job?