Allies Aim More Flak at the White House
By Stuart Rothenberg,
Roll Call Contributing Writer
It isn’t surprising that Republican members of Congress and their talking heads on television slam the Obama administration every day. Given the partisan divide, that’s probably inevitable.
But what is surprising is the growing criticism coming from Democratic circles and from party political insiders of President Barack Obama , White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and the White House’s political operation. Not surprisingly, the criticism is coming only on a not-for-attribution basis.
Some Democrats blame what they call the White House’s political tin ear on the nature of the office.
“It’s hard when you live in this area to understand how bad it is out there,” one veteran Washington, D.C., Democrat told me recently. “People want jobs. They know that it will take time, but they want to be certain that we are working on it.”
The same Democrat noted that this administration, like others, can’t always count on people telling the president how bad things are outside the Beltway. “When the White House calls, most people figure that to get another call, they better give good news. Tell them how bad things are, and they’ll never call you again.”
(More here.)
Roll Call Contributing Writer
It isn’t surprising that Republican members of Congress and their talking heads on television slam the Obama administration every day. Given the partisan divide, that’s probably inevitable.
But what is surprising is the growing criticism coming from Democratic circles and from party political insiders of President Barack Obama , White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and the White House’s political operation. Not surprisingly, the criticism is coming only on a not-for-attribution basis.
Some Democrats blame what they call the White House’s political tin ear on the nature of the office.
“It’s hard when you live in this area to understand how bad it is out there,” one veteran Washington, D.C., Democrat told me recently. “People want jobs. They know that it will take time, but they want to be certain that we are working on it.”
The same Democrat noted that this administration, like others, can’t always count on people telling the president how bad things are outside the Beltway. “When the White House calls, most people figure that to get another call, they better give good news. Tell them how bad things are, and they’ll never call you again.”
(More here.)
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