talking to himself.

I'd like to submit that we have rarely, if ever, heard a President so openly talk to and encourage himself as we did Tuesday with this remark:

"That whole philosophy of persistence, by the way, is one that I'm going to be emphasizing again and again in the months and years to come as long as I'm in this office. I'm a big believer in persistence."

He is not talking to us here - he is talking to himself.

"I'm a big believer in persistence." This is, of course, laughable. The village ne'er-do-well telling himself he's a respectable man about town because one day he put on a tie for kicks.

Obama has never persisted at anything.

The "philosophy of persistence" is an interesting construction. Doesn't it feels like Michelle has been lecturing him a bit during their morning workouts? "Barry you've got to stop whining about how much work it all is. Like getting in shape, some jobs take persistence." And having really heard the word "persistence" for the first time...perhaps in his life... and realizing he has no other out here..he thinks what is this thing persistence? Have many people through out the years known of this...per-sis-tence? I must look into it.

So, like all heretofore insulated 20 year olds who've suddenly discovered something rather obvious, like say - the world is complex and being President is hard - he dashes off to make a philosophy out of the obvious observation.