Obama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head … Again

I am so done with you networks and Cable news channels that have the nerve to call yourselves journalists. You have done the american public a real disservice with what you call reporting. I have never been so disappointed, felt so shortchanged, as I do now. I hope you're enjoying your cushy life, while the rest of America is SUFFERING! Suffering and in real need of a real president and instead you are talking about Obama blaming his staff!! For crying out loud-- do you think that you're untouchable? That if McCain wins in the fall only the "little people" will be affected you're head is buried even further in the sand than it appears!!!!!
You SUCK! This article sucks! I can't believe you think this is a critical analysis of ANYTHING. I am sure this won't make it past your staff censors--talk about blaming your staff!
God, I am done reading your drivel.
Good LUCK!

First off, the article is silly and will get no play in the national media.

Second, Hillary is done in the democratic party. Even if she steals the nomination from Obama, she will not win the general. There is a massive grass roots movement in MD, DC, VA, NC, SC, NY, and NJ among angry black and white Obama supporters to make certain that Hillary loses all those states in the general. The media will not cover it as they focus only on Obama's problem getting working class whites. They fail to realize the impact of 91% of black voters (who form probably at least 30 to 40% of the overall Democratic vote) staying home or voting for McCain. The buzz on black talk radio shows has been nuts!! Blacks will not vote for Hillary and she has no chance.

Third, while the media refuses to cover this story as well, Ron Paul has pulling about 25% of the Republican vote even though McCain has had the nomination wrapped up for months. Paul is planning a riot at the Republican convention and the national press has finally had to recognize the bid of Bob Barr who is seriously a threat to pull votes from McCain. Barr is the genuine article for many conservatives and had he been in the race earlier, McCain wouldn't even be the nominee right now. You couple the influence of Barr, Alan Keyes, and possibly even Paul in the race all pulling votes from McCain in November and then tell me about who is electable.

Obama's prospects are far better than people realize but I am happy that people are so eager to go after the "black guy" too early. You should have saved that Wright video for October. Dumb move.

"And for the record, yet again, let me state that I find Sen. Obama's staff unfailingly competent and polite, courteous and efficient, and I once again express my regret that Sen. Obama does apparently not feel the same way."

This is more than silly. It's just plain dumb. Who do you think Tapper has to blame (or credit) for the quality of Obama's campaign staff and how well managed his campaign has been? Who should we blame for how poorly Clinton's campaign has been run?...or for why she has so much less money? Half of Obama's campaign money comes from people like me who donate less than $200.

Who should we blame for the gutter level political gameswomanship that desperately tries to show guilt by association and distracts from substantive issues? Who should we credit for not stooping to the same thing, but who continues to congratulate her for her victories and hush his supporters when they boo her?

Some of the examples Tapper provides are perfectly reasonable responses from Obama, and do not go any further than claiming simple human errors and oversights to which any staff, no matter how capable, is vulnerable. Some comments here are clearly coming from people wearing very deeply colored glasses, people who fail to show the slightest hint of objectivity.

How can some be so poor at reading body language and clearly radiated low-ball attitudes that they can't see through either of the Clintons even if they are completely ignorant of the Clintons' totally sold-out status with regard to some pretty rotten corporate interests? (Monsanto comes to mind with their aggressive suing for patent violation of farmers whose pureline crops they contaminate and ruin with their genetically engineered pollen).

Have some of us completely lost any feel at all for reading basic human character (or utter lack of it). Clinton acts like a spoiled rotten brat who thinks she has a God-given right to the presidency and telegraphs her stinky attitude with body language that cries, "But I'M supposed to be president. This isnt' fair! Wha-a-a-a-a!!!

But far worse, I'm talking total corruption, and that's precisely what we need to get rid of in this country. We need people of character and moral fiber who don't forget that they weren't shot at in Bosnia (a relatively mild example of her lies!!!). Hsven't we had enough of liars in the presidency?

We don't need another intelligent but corrupt dingbat that pretends to be one more "bubba" so she can get elected. Some of us have matured beyond that stage. We've had enough of bubbas. Those who vote for bubbas need to have their heads examined.

The presidency doesn't call for a bubba and election campaigns shouldn't be a high school popularity contest. That's a big part of how we got into the mess we're in, and I blame us, the voters. JFK said there were only two qualifications for becoming president in this country: to be over 35 and to win a presidential election.

We need to put our heads on straight and vote for a real leader with character and integrity and quit voting for bubbas.

Obama is the liberal version of Bush. Out of touch, stubborn, inexperienced, dangerous, idealistic, made of teflon, etc. Do we really want to make the same mistake again? Same kind of person, different perspective. I'm not willing to take that risk!

This has bugged me about Obama since day 1. It's ok to blame your staff for mistakes but a real leader takes responsibility for decisions made by his staff. I don't feel comfortable when he says he has no knowledge about goings on in his organization. The closest Obama has ever come to (grudgingly) admitting a mistake was following the San Francisco comments and that was only after he tried very hard to deflect ownership in his first couple of press conferences.

I am reminded of the way Bush has never expressed regret for the way he bungled Iraq.

Obama is okay wtih admitting mistakes... other people's mistakes. He's a hypocrite and the people posting here seem to have a blind loyalty to a guy they don't even know. I'd be having serious buyer's remorse if I were an Iowan right about now.

Look at the electoral map people. This man cannot win the general. The Republicans are going to beat him over the head that he cannot win the WHITE blue collar vote. We are dreaming if we think these people are kidding. Just remember Tom Bradley and as Doug Wilder admitted on a recent talk show it is there and they have to find a way to deal with it. I believe the results of WV showed that tonight. The strategy they are using now that is to try to appeal to blue collar workers by visiting a few will not work.

Could Jake Tapper sink any lower? This is a journalist? What a hack job this bozo turned out to be. I was once an ABC News watcher -- Peter Jennings was a hero of mine -- but these days they are behaving as utter hacks.

What a joke calling Obama's campaign incompetent when they ran the best campaign since a little know governor named Bill Clinton.

I wonder which staffer's fault it is that rev. Wright is a racist.

Richard Cohen wrote a horrible op-ed in the post today about how McCain has lost his values because his staff sent out an email containing the Hamas leaders quote endorsing Obama. Cohen acted as if this was an act by McCain and McCain only dispite the fact that McCain has said repeatedly that he does not believe that Hamas would be happy with an Obama presidency, just that Hamas would be very unhappy with a McCain presidency. This in contrast to Obama who repeatedly refuses to condemn his own campaign's missteps and instead blames his staffers at evey possible moment.

I suppose it is also his staff's fault that Obama thinks there are 57 states.

I supposed it was also his staff's fault he thinks there are 57 states!!!!!

Wow! Sen. Obama made reference to mistakes made by his staff 10-14 times in 12 years? Really? They made 14 mistakes in 12 years and because he mentioned them he thinks they're incompetent? What a monster! Way to spread the propaganda. . .

Name one 'big' mistake Obama has fessed up to... Still trying to think of one? Yeah that's because he hasn't.

Obama runs on no record and viciously attacks any mistakes his opponents have ever made. He wants to hold both sides of every issue. He wants to say he is for universal health care becuase that is popular, but his plan doesn't call for universal health care then he attacks Hillary for the provisions of her plan that make it universal health care.

He ran for 8 months on Hillary's Iraq vote but when asked how he would have voted in 2004 (when the war was going well) he said he didn't know how he would have voted.

Obama skips hundreds of contentious votes in the Illinois State Senate to leave no record of anything anyone could criticize him for.

Obama is no leader. He is a cheerleader. (Wow, one more similarity between him and George W).

Let's see, Clinton's top strategist didn't know that the Dem. primaries delegates were allotted proportionally,
her campaign got beat by an unknown, African American, first term senator and you say he has staffing problems...great laugh, thanks.

bdu

wow, this is news? of all the important things to talk about, this is what have to report on?

this news team has lost ALL of my respect this year. I think the real team who has failed to hire good help is ABC News!

another viewer sayin bye bye

All you Obama supporters ...

Please wake up ...

Obama is conning you ...

He claims to be a healer, a uniter and a moderate ...

Yet you know he has never acted on any of those claims ... EVER ...

Why is that ?

Its a con folks ... pure and simple ...

Wake up before you do the stupidist thing in your life ...

This is such a joke. Obama is the only candidate who has admitted a mistake since Bush has been in office.

Obama has been given a free pass since Iowa by the lame stream media and the DNC. He is inexperienced and unvetted. This takes AFFIRMATIVE ACTION to a whole new level!