...August, typically a sleepy month, dealt Democrats a tough hand this year.Snafus in the federal "cash for clunkers" program -- which gave people rebates to trade in gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient new vehicles -- highlighted how disorganization can hamper government plans. It was the bloodiest month for U.S. troops so far in the war in Afghanistan. Attorney General Eric Holder poked a potential hornets' nest by appointing a prosecutor to investigate Central Intelligence Agency interrogators. And White House budget forecasters said they now project $9 trillion of additional federal debt over the next decade, adding $2 trillion to an earlier estimate...
And that's just for starters.
This Wall Street Journal report (news story, not an editorial) shows why perceptive Democrats are starting to feel a different kind of "shivering up the leg" than they earlier did about Barack Obama.
And this column by Kevin McCullough goes a bit further, suggesting that the Obama administration is due for a complete meltdown within weeks. Wishful thinking? Give it a read.
