Matt Beck 13: Wonderful comment!

Wretchard wrote:

Having expended a great deal of energy to get himself into hole, Obama now needs energy to climb out of it

Has anyone else noticed that for all his fitness (if you overlook the cigs) and this adminstration’s emphasis on healthy foods, Obama seems curiously lacking in what JFK called “vigah.” It first occurred to me during the campaign, when Obama seemed to need an awful lot of vacations and whined about being “tired.” I’m no big fan of McCain, but you have to hand it to the old guy, or to his DNA, he kept up a pace during the campaign that would have killed me and I’m closer to Obama’s age.

Reagan, Clinton, even Dubya, before the travails of his second term began to grind him down, were bursting with energy – an energy that seems oddly lacking in Obama. That’s what strikes me as “metrosexual” about him – not his suits or his arugula eating or his poor bowling and baseball throwing skills. Unfortunately, Rahm has enough energy for both of them.