Obama's Wars (And That's Just at the Office)

If Mike Allen thinks Woodward’s book is a net positive for Obama, the cover surely isn’t.  Yes, the “team of rivals” is hopelessly divided. Much worse, however, is the implication that a frustrated Obama (see: tensed jaw and furrowed brow), far from leading or directing anybody, has become marginalized and penned in by a small-minded free-for-all.

Given that dynamic, the title takes on a different loading, the “WARS” relating more to Obama’s battle with his advisers, and the advisers with each other, than to America’s engagements overseas.  The meta?  Obama’s larger profile is at risk because he can’t keep his house in order.

(updated 9/23 11am PST: added last line. credits: pending)