Did anyone besides me *watch* the ABC interview this morning? Stephanopoulos asked him some moderately sharp questions about health care – and Obama could not present a coherent answer, not even a coherent sentence in most cases. Y’know, the no-teleprompter Obama was on grotesque display. I think even Stephanopoulos was dismayed, but mostly tried to hide it.

On the other hand, who says Obama, the president, the commander in chief, needs to have a personal and comprehensive view of things? Can’t he just be the community organizer (and rabble-rouser, and speechifier) in chief? Tony Robbins? Deepok Chopra? I think he may view himself like that. I’m not sure the guy can make change for a dollar, he seems that removed from any numbers issues related to healthcare, and *that’s* a problem. I think he wants it to be “about Obama”, but doesn’t think he *needs* to be the details wonk.

I always criticize the left for thinking that the president should be our God-King, the Prime Mover of the omnipotent government.

I suppose George W. Bush was not known as the greatest policy wonk in the world, though of course he was far better than the press made him out. Clinton was supposed to be the bigtime wonk, and what good did that do anybody?

But just to recapitulate, I thought Obama looked absolutely awful on the ABC interview this morning, and was waiting to see what the press reactions were. As if I didn’t know – they saw NOTHING.