Screaming at the tv

I was screaming at the tv when I heard Obama said that HE would be held accountable if health care goes bad. Does he just not get it? HE WON'T. HE'LL be gone by then! (Unless, of course, the Congress passes an amendment to allow him to serve more than 2 terms.) Anyway, PowerLine says it PERFECTLY here in "It's Not About You, Mr. President":

The telling thing about Obama's argument is what it reveals about him. First, one would have hoped that the importance of the future of health care in this country would provide Obama with "every incentive to get this right." His statement suggests, though, that he is fully incentivized only by the political calculus.

Second, it is disconcerting that Obama would frame the discussion in terms of his own personal ambitions. To some extent, this is like Sen. DeMint's unfortunate statement about wrecking Obama's presidency by defeating this legislation, a statement that Obama jumped all over. But Obama's statement is worse because it suggests a narcissism that is unbecoming, and perhaps dangerous, in a president.

Obama seems increasingly unable to resist the kind of specious arguments a fairly bright first year law student might make in a crunch.