President Obama's been under a cloud

By Dana Milbank
WashPost
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Dr. Frankenstein: What a filthy job!
Igor: Could be worse.
Dr. Frankenstein: How?
Igor: Could be raining.
[It starts to rain.]

-- "Young Frankenstein"

The heavens must be angry at Barack Obama.

It had been probably the worst week of his presidency so far, his administration at the mercy of events: the failure to cap the oil spill in the gulf, the economic crisis in Europe, the new tensions with Iran and North Korea, the developing scandal over the White House's job offer to Joe Sestak and, finally, Israel's deadly interception of an aid mission to Gaza.

Then came the rain.

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