Its my fault government doesn't work.

"You know what I think would actually make a difference, Michael? I think if everybody here -- excuse all the members of the press who are here -- if everybody here turned off your CNN, your Fox, your blogs," Obama said, before being interrupted by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, who piped up, "And MSNBC!"

Obama, appropriately reminded of the network with shows more friendly to liberals, continued, "Just turn off the TV -- MSNBC, blogs -- and just go talk to folks out there, instead of being in this echo chamber where the topic is constantly politics. ... It is much more difficult to get a conversation focused on how are we going to help people than a conversation about how is this going to help or hurt somebody politically."

I know I shouldn't be shocked anymore at the things that Obama says in public, but Holy Crap! Did he really just say that the government doesn't work because it's being held accountable by the people (until someone starts paying me to do this, its pretty safe to say that I'm people, rather than media...)?

There have been a lot of jokes made about Obama's narcissism but if you're a Democrat elected official, it has to be dawning on you that he does not give a crap about the party of any of them, just so long as he personally gets what he wants. This particular exchange was with Sen Mike Bennet (D-CO), but he made a similar impression on Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) who begged him to move to the center.

A lot of people have made comparisons between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, who up until now has been conceded to be the worst American President in living memory by all but the most die-hard liberals. Yet what seemed like mere hyperbole is solidifying into surprising parallels. Both Carter and Obama suffer from a debilitating absence of personal doubt. Obama is now starting to see the same kind of inter-party revolt that Carter did. What do we still need to make this Ground Hog day?

Ted Kennedy started contemplating a run at Carter when polls showed Democrats preferred him 5-3. When he actually threw his hat in the ring, the polls showed they liked Ted 2-1 over Carter, in spite of the fact that Carter hadn't let anyone drown in his car while he saved his own ass.

We might consider taking up a collection for some polls asking Democrats how much better they'd like Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama at this point. Hillary is often a stranger to the truth, but I don't think she's ever been guilty of involuntary manslaughter.