Minding the Store

Your Presidency will be noted for not minding the store.
There is no Obama agenda because your style of management is to micro-manage so staff is not empowered.  It is not team Obama, it is just Obama. 

Critical positions, like the Chief of Staff or Economic advisers are revolving door positions. Their views are undermined because they don’t have a track record of Presidential support, they are merely transients.  Your staff operates like the Toronto Raptors, a new line-up every year, look where the Raptor’s finish.  It is ironic how Obama, the Candidate criticized G. W. Bush’s advisers of group think yet Obama, the President only chooses replacements from his tiny inner circle.

Your selections are hard working but are not empowered to be effective.  The terminations of Robert Gibbs and Shirley Sherrod appear to be done with a capricious flick of power yet poor performance is not always corrected.  Why have there been so many Chiefs of Staff and changes in Economic advisors?  There must be some kind of interference on those in the position, to prevent them from doing their job in a manner which pleases you. There is no reason to take these jobs, only to be undermined.  It is clear that the source of interference, as well intentioned as it may be, is part of the cause of the failure to govern.

The people selected have not demonstrated an adeptness to handle the levers of power.
The failure to provide a fiscal policy has been harped upon by many Governors at the Federal Reserve.  The nation needs a fiscal policy. Your staff churn may be a contributing factor in the failure to govern affairs of the nation.

You are not able to evaluate staff performance.  You had no conviction on the outstanding effectiveness of Sheila Bair or Elizabeth Warren and substituted non-descript men. You didn’t pull the trap door on T. Geithner or E. Holder whose performance could be considered suspect if not failing.  You went a whole year without nominating a judge to vacancies and this year of the 81 vacancies have only nominated 37 judges.  This is clearly not doing the people’s business after 5 years on the job.

You must know, that I don’t think you can get anything done.  I think Hillary Clinton can get things done.  What’s the difference?
She knows how to pick good people. You don’t.
She knows a lot of people.  You don’t.  She has the A list, you have the B list.
She empowers her people.  You don’t.  Your staff is second guessed by V. Jarrett.
She knows how to problem solve.  You don’t. 
She understands the levers of power.  You don’t.
She sets an agenda.  You don’t.
I think you need Hillary Clinton’s help.  America needs to get things done in your remaining time.

Your record is of broken promises "Hope and Change", "Return of the Middle Class".  You really don't know how to get there from here.

You must break your bad habits and change.  Cut back on the micro-managing by empowering staff.  Reduce the influence of the interference.  So many of the current distraction issues could be handled by an empowered Chief of Staff, but because you micro-manage you are stuck addressing issues that drag you down.  You fail to select team members who demonstrate wisdom or adeptness at pulling the levers of power. My opinion is that V. Jarrett is an amateur compared to L. Summers or A. Greenspan. 
You don’t agree, but look at your record. America needs a fiscal policy.

I told you so.