THE POINT WAS TO BECOME, NOT TO BE:

From 'Yes, We Can,' to 'No! Don't!' (Peggy Noonan, 8/14/09, WSJ)

The president seemed like a man long celebrated as being very good at politics—the swift rise, the astute reading of a varied electorate—who is finding out day by day that he isn't actually all that good at it. In this sense he does seem reminiscent of Jimmy Carter, who was brilliant at becoming president but not being president.

He's never shown much interest in the job, just the title.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 14, 2009 10:28 AM