Desperation

Boehner’s comments were not outrageous. They weren’t scandalous. They weren’t
provocative. But the president’s people, hoping upon hope that they could find
any issue with which to get on offense, immediately launched an attack.

“Boehner likens financial crisis to an ant!!!” they claimed breathlessly.

“Boehner calls the meltdown small,” they strongly implied, because, well, ants
are small.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately produced a commercial, as
it often does, featuring a bunch of ants running around.

If this is the best they have got, boy, oh boy, they are in trouble.

A couple of weeks ago, Democrats did the same thing to Joe Barton. Rep. Barton
(R-Texas) said something stupid, the president condemned the remarks, the DNC
produced a bunch of ads and all of those liberal talk show hosts did their best
to make ol’ Joe Barton the legislative equivalent of the devil himself.

The problem with that attack is that nobody (and I mean nobody) outside of Joe
Barton’s family could pick Joe Barton out of lineup.

Joe Barton is no Newt Gingrich.

Boehner and Barton are not getting attacked for what they did or what they are
going to do. They are getting attacked for what they said. And what they said
is really no big deal.

Boehner himself did a great job of responding to Mr. Obama’s silly attacks,
calling them childish and unpresidential.

Boehner is right. Attacking the minority leader for using the word “ant” is not
presidential.

Mr. Obama has forgotten one salient fact about being president. When you are
overly partisan in your attacks, you actually end up hurting yourself.

The president shouldn’t be leading his own rapid-response unit. He shouldn’t be
closely monitoring everything John Boehner says so that he can launch his own
campaign zinger.

He should, instead, be running the country. He should be focused on finding
solutions. He should be leading, not blaming others for his lack of leadership.

Mr. Obama, I know you are getting desperate, but this is ridiculous.

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