When C Students Govern

Another from Atrios (actually both this and my earlier post rely on links from Mrs. Atrios). Matthew Yglesias, in American Prospect, highlights a number of points I not only agree with, but have been doing my best to make as well--although not nearly as well or as thorough as he does.

Yglesias has a laundry list of items that Bush has screwed up, mostly due to his unprecedented disinterest in actually governing. Several times the point is driven home that the presidency REQUIRES the office holder to make difficult decisions--which means you need someone at the top who shows a degree of responsibility. Bush, according to the article, tends to latch onto the position of whoever is the last to catch his ear.

This is what you'd expect from someone who has coasted through life. And, if someone is lucky enough to be able to do so, fine. But that doesn't mean he (or she) should be occupying the highest elected office in the land. C-level work just doesn't cut it--not now, not ever.