At best case we're going to re-run the 1970s,

John Podhoretz on Obama the Invisible…

Where is the president? The world is beset. Moammar Khadafy is moving relentlessly to crush the Libyan revolt that once promised the overthrow of one of the world's most despicable regimes.

So where is the president?

Japan may be on the verge of a disaster that dwarfs any we have yet seen. A self-governing nation like the United States needs its leader to take full measure of his position at times of crises when the path forward is no longer clear.

This is not a time for leadership; this is the time for leadership.

So where is Barack Obama?

The main point is that the best outcome is that Obama leaves the US in the same shape as Jimmy Carter.  Jimmy Carter?  Considered the worst president in US history, Jimmy Carter?  GHU.  The author goes on to compare Obama to Nixon, Nixon?

How Nixon conducted himself in office in times of crises made possible his triumphant re-election. Right now, how Obama is conducting himself in a time of crisis is having the opposite effect.

He began his presidency as a potential colossus -- but if he doesn't change, he will finish it as a pipsqueak. Pipsqueaks don't win second terms.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/obama_the_invisible_Ass40MBstf15MAr9DYAORK#ixzz1GlbRUDrB

At best case we're going to re-run the 1970s, only with Barack Obama instead of Jimmy Carter in the White House
Niall Ferguson