A fascinating bit of gossip from Joe Scarborough, on his MSNBC Morning Joe show (via RCP, which has video):
Joe Scarborough: “I have got to clear this up. Mika heard two days ago on Capitol Hill Democrats all saying the same thing. And that is, this president has been invisible, he is not a leader. They said this all behind closed doors. Democratic leaders, Democratic rank-and-file. In fact, 40, 50 of the most powerful Democrats on the Hill. I will just stop right there. The complaints were all the same. The president has vanished. He has left us here alone again like he did with health care. Where is he? Now, they didn’t call him a loser, but they sure as hell didn’t call him a leader.”
Hat tip: Hot Air
Socialism is not the Answer 
HE IS DOING THE SAME THING HE HAS ALWAYS DONE- CREATE A CRISIS (OR AMPLIFY AN EXISTING ONE), ANTAGONIZE THE PUBLIC, PLACE HIMSELF ON A PEDESTAL, THEN GO PLAY GOLF- VACATION- OR PLAY BASKETBALL WHILE THE COUNTRY SINKS DEEPER INTO A HOLE.
I’m waiting for his own party to question him on mainstream media in primetime.