American Narcissus, Part 1,217

Published December 21, 2011 3:39pm ET



John Hinderaker has a great catch from Obama’s latest 60 Minutes appearance with a line that is, even by our president’s own standard of self-regard, jaw dropping:

The issue here is not going be a list of accomplishments. As you said yourself, Steve, you know, I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we’ve got a lot more work to do.

What really jumps out at you here is one word: “possible.”

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