A lot of pundits have been trying to figure out where Obama’s “mojo” has gone. In less than a year’s time, he went from being “the One” and “the Messiah” to being a man who could not muster an enthusiastic round of applause from the West Point cadets who were used like movie “extras” to lend a veneer of veracity to his speech about Afghanistan.
He did the same thing with the physicians invited to hear a talk about Obamacare, each of whom was issued a white lab coat to enhance the image of their support. With astonishing swiftness, people—if not the press corps—began to perceive that the carefully packaged and presented candidate Obama was far from the image of omniscience that got him elected.
