Who is this Obama 'cat any way?

Deroy Murdock points out that the "Internationalist" Obama who would "heal" our relations with the world has still not waived the union featherbedding Jones Act so that we can seek foreign specialized assistance in the cleanup arrangements.  He notes that this is unprecedented in recent history, W waived it twice for 9/11 and Katrina.

So what's going on?  Is it really true that BHO is so much of a Chicago politician that he will be seen visibly turning away desperately needed help because it would offend some of his supporters?  Or is his administration in such chaos that they haven't established an effective decision making process  after 8 weeks?  Or is it that BHO simply can't grasp the magnitude of the disaster?

I am a man of many answers, some of them even right, but I have no earthly idea why this situation has persisted for so long save the frightening possibility is that Mr. Obama is completely out of his depth as President and that stunningly, the Democrat leadership has made no provisions to buttress him.

Reagan was famously derided as being 'out of touch' and stage managed by his 'handlers'.  That wasn't true but we now know that basic Presidential competence includes recognizing  your weaknesses and making sure that you have a team that can cover them.  The problem with Mr. Obama is that never having run even a modestly sized organization he had no way of knowing what his leadership deficits were and no experience in finding people who could fill them.

18 months in the Management Trainee in Chief is repeating his rookie year.  The Democrat leadership need to persuade the President to add experienced senior managers from (and regular readers know how much it pains me to say this) the Clinton administration who can boil down the roar to a key set of decisions that the President can focus on.  John Podesta would be a good place to start, hell even David Gergen (gorge rising in my throat) could help (it is instructive that the only Clinton insider in the Administration is HRC, also completely bereft of executive experience).

When asked what was the greatest challenge to a Statesman Harold Macmillan replied:  "Evens, my dear boy, Events".   This is more true than ever, because when the big international crisis comes - in the Caucasus or heaven forbid Iran gets their nuke, the current inability to cope will turn deadly.