'Too little, too soon'

I think we can guess now why our president takes so long to do things — when he moves fast, he blunders. Take this little imbroglio over his attempt to overshadow the GOP’s Sept. 7 presidential debate by requesting a joint session of Congress to hype his (latest? first?) jobs plan the same night. No doubt encouraged by his advisers and the prime-time anchors at MSNBC to “get tough” on the GOP and “take the fight to them,” he chose to ignore precedent. He simply informed Congress he was coming that night, instead of privately consulting with them in advance.

After all, he’s the boss!