White House Misfires On Limbaugh

WSJ- Presidents throughout history have kept lists of political foes. But the Obama White House is the first I am aware of to pick targets based on polls. Even Richard Nixon didn't focus-group his enemies list.

Team Obama -- aided by Clintonistas Paul Begala, James Carville and Stanley Greenberg -- decided to attack Rush Limbaugh after poring over opinion research. White House senior adviser David Axelrod explicitly authorized the assault. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel assigned a White House official to coordinate the push. And Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gleefully punched the launch button at his podium, suckering the White House press corps into dropping what they were doing to get Mr. Limbaugh.

Of course the White House misfired on this. Has there been anything they have been right on since entering the White House? They have been a disaster. It seems like every week a cabinet member is stepping down or an appointee is having their office raided. This is a guy who offends the British because he's in over his head, yet the White House has time to plan strategy on how to target a radio host. Obama is so overwhelmed right now he makes Joaquin Phoenix look stable.