Abe, just as much a concern as Barack Obama’s delinquency in recognizing problems is his staffing and supervision of the that staff. Jake Tapper does yeoman’s work in compiling the list of “the staff did it” excuses that Obama has trotted out whenever things go awry. Sometimes staff does mess up, but it seems that a primary complaint from Democrats about George W. Bush was that he was never “accountable.”

After all, Presidents and Presidential candidates hire these people and are supposed to keep an eye on what they are up to. If staff is forever embarrassing the candidate it seems that he has hired poorly or failed to exercise rudimentary supervisory skills. Isn’t Obama the one who keeps telling us “No more Scooter Libby Justice! No more Brownie incompetence!”? Perhaps it’s time for Obama to stop blaming the little people.