NR: Is Obama’s Presidency Over?

Progressives are waiting for Barack Obama and his team to work the kind of political magic they seemed to work in 2008—except when they didn’t. Cutting through all the mythologizing of the Obama campaign, the real keys to his stretch-run success last year were his legendary calm (“No Drama Obama”); his confidence in his own long-range strategy; his ability to choose competent lieutenants and delegate to them abundantly; and his grasp of the fundamentals of public opinion and persuasion. There was zero sense of panic in the Obama campaign itself late last summer, because they stuck with their strategy and organization and didn’t let the polls or news cycles force them off the path they had chosen/ Jason Zengerle , New Republic. More here .

Question: Do you think Obama’s presidency is in trouble?