A communications offensive from Valerie Jarrett and Jon Carson at the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. What took them so long? That’ll solve everything. In fact, it’s change I can believe in.

My sympathies, attaturk, having to endure Faux in my own home might be too much for hospitality to bear here. Hopefully seeing that the right is working to make their situation worse for political gain might upset even their own voters.

BONER and Cantor expect Obama to cave once again and so do I.

Good morning, pups. Mr. Nocera is off today, so Bobo is flying solo. In “The Haimish Line” he has a question: What is it you really want to buy? It’s very useful information if you’re planning on going on a safari or are debating which gated community to live in, but for about 98% of Americans his advice is as useless as he is.

Here he is.

The coffee and tea are ready, the cold drinks are in the fridge, and I’ve got sweet potato and carrot muffins that are still warm. I suppose Faux News is an option offered by DishTV, but my TV remains unsullied by it. Don’t TVs have controls to prevent stuff like that from being seen? Have a great day.

Wouldn’t someone have to do create some jobs before jobs can be destroyed.

Thanks, Marion, what, you don’t need special rolex watch polish remover? How pathetic. Whether or not to get the end unit is Critical.

Yeah. Let’s see if I can figure out Obama’s logic here:

29 million Obama voters from 2008 didn’t vote for Democrats in 2010 because he didn’t deliver results they could see — tangible, obvious results. His solution: Beat up on the base!

Sarah, Proud and Tall demolishes David Brooks here.

Thanks, always a good piece of work. though usually, he manages to do that self-destroying to and for himself.

Geez, it’s almost like Faux takes it’s marching orders from GOP talking points. Or perhaps the GOP takes their orders from Faux talking points.

Boxturtle (I dunno which would worry me more)

He doesn’t need his base or wouldn’t if the mythical independent voter actually existed. The problem is that “swing voters” don’t vote for one party or the other, they either vote or stay home. He’s gonna make swing voters out of us all and in a few years he’ll write a book, detailing what a raw deal he got from his “purist” and “sanctimonious” base.

Bobo succeeded in milking the African Ochs. Well played, sir, well played.

What, he hasn’t caved already? The country is in a mess, we can’t afford the Kabuki time that normally goes along with an Obama negotiation. I know he’d like to pretend to fight, but he’s not fooling anybody and we need something signed before we can challenge it in court.

Boxturtle (Tired of Kabuki)

To Obama the problem is his base and the messaging, not policy. It’s the base’ fault that “We Suck Less” didn’t work in 2010. All we had to do is cheer louder.

You mean we’re not the professional left?

Nothing like pulling that sweet, sweet Soros paycheck on the 1st and 15th.

detailing what a raw deal he got from his “purist” and “sanctimonious” base.

How much should FDL charge per interview?

Boxturtle (Or do you suppose the book is going right to the fiction section?)

Barry will gladly blame unemployment on regulations.

The GOPers have the same problem with the tea party. They’ve solved it by saying whatever the tea party wants them to say and going as close to what the tea party wants them to do as they can.

So the tea party will be at the polls, but the professional left won’t.

Obama could have bought us cheap early on. A few trials of BushCo. Ending DADT. Ditch the military commissions. And so on. Now his only hope is that the GOP challenger is so distasteful that we go to the polls anyway.

Boxturtle (Thinks Obama should spend MORE time on vacation)

Joke Scarborough insisting that Barry has adopted Cheney’s foreign policy.

I am long past the point where anything he says can influence me. I’ve stopped listening.

It was the lack of regulations on the corrupt financial sector that killed millions of jobs. So when you are on the side of the white collar criminals, as Rupert Murdoch is, you drill it into the heads of your gullible audience that regulations kill jobs. Then you wave the American flag a lot to assure the credulous viewers that you are on their side.

I have conservatives in my family too, so I know the drill.

Meanwhile, “leadership” to the Administration continues to mean only criticizing your base, not the ostensible opponent America wants you to confront.

What I would expect from a Republican mole. However, unless I missed something, the poll cited the concurrence of conservative Democrats and Republican-leaning independents, not Republicans.

Black sites, torture, drones, new and glorious undeclared wars — for Cheney, what’s not to like in Obama’s foreign policy?

Aren’t they eighth cousins or somewhere near that? This is Cheney DNA taking over, like a bad sci-fi plot.

I’m excited!!! That long awaited “pivot to jobs” that was the White House’s “promise” is scheduled to happen next week, after Labor Day. All you people out of work SHOULD be getting jobs this fall and unemployment will be dropping 1-1.5% per month starting in October through next January.

Sorry, I got to go. My nurse is her with my meds and I have an electro-shock therapy session scheduled at 10:30.

I don;t know what you people are complainign about. I think President Carter is doing a marvel,ous job. I hope he can get the hostages out of Iran.

Good stuff @26/27 . . . made me smile, I needed that.

;-)