From a domestic perspective, and a political spinelessness perspective, Frank Rich offers up "comatose."
From the reactions of foreigners, Tom Friedman weighs in with "unstable."
They're both right, overall.
That said, I disagree with Rich that Obama did not enter into Clinton-like bite-sized programs. As I blogged last week, the way he parceled out light rail money certainly looks that way, and looks like it has a political angle to it, too. (It seems Rich is indulging in a bit of long-past Clinton-bashing through the judo of Obama-boosting.)
Friedman errs in thinking anybody from the GOP wants to be non-obstructionist. He salutes Lindsey Graham and Judd Gregg by name AFTER every Republican senator voted against reinstating pay-go legislation. (Friedman's Washington political world is apparently "flat," too.)
Both Rich and Friedman are worth a read. Just don't get into the fine print too much.
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