UPDATED: Obama’s Rumsfeld Problem?
Hmm. Does Forbes‘s Dan Gerstein read The Rhetorican?
I doubt it, but he’s obviously caught the same vibe I caught the other day:
Obama has more than a Geithner problem. He has what I would call a Rumsfeld problem... [T]he president made the mistake of going to economic war with the army he had–which was built for political speed and presidential comfort–instead of the army he needs to beat back the crisis of confidence that is crippling our markets…
I’m not sure Obama has gone to economic war with the right weapons either. How will socialized medicine, cap and trade, and universal college ward off the ravages of the crisis? Is there – dare I ask - an exit strategy? When do we stop the bailouts and gargantuan deficits?
Or to put it in terms Obama can understand: when do we bring our finances back home to reasonableness?
UPDATE: Related content from Jennifer Rubin and Mark Steyn.
MORE: US economy becoming more like Argentina’s or Russia’s???? Nooooooooo!!!!
ANOTHER ONE: Mort Kondracke: Will Obama match Bush for fiscal irresponsibility? Match him and exceed him, I fear.
AND ANOTHER ONE: San Diego Union-Tribune: Obama not forthright on vast debt he seeks.
LAST ONE: Instalanche! Thanks for the link, Prof. Reynolds!
OK, ONE MORE STILL: Ed Driscoll links and has related thoughts. Thanks, Mr. Driscoll!
