Walking the walk, cont'd

MANIFESTO

Every so often BO gives a speech that seems nothing short of sensational and inspirational (as Clyde Frazier might say), and such appeared to be the case Wednesday night when he speechified about health care in the US. Nevertheless, both Frank Rich and Colin McEnroe weren't particularly impressed.

Mr. Rich opines in his Times column today that BO's summer was nothing less than squandered and that it'll take more than a nice 30-minute oration to salvage it.

Colin McEnroe is even more strident:

[I]t's no surprise that President Barack Obama responded to ... Joe Wilson's insolence by … accepting Wilson's apology. This is a problem with Obama. Sometimes you want to send him a boxed set of "Godfather" movies or something. "You lie!" is at least worth having the guy wake up with a horse's head in his bed, although in this day and age you would have to find a horse who died of natural causes and not as the result of an equine death panel.

Let's face it. This is the problem that too many progressives have with BO: He just can't seem to follow through on his inspiring ideas, and this is especially bothersome when his predecessor was pretty much able to ram through any dim-witted legislation he tried.

Now that the "political capital" is on this president's side, he doesn't seem to know what to do with it.