The blitz

"Republicans maintained today that the president should reconsider his plans and start the health-care debate anew.

"Winning is stopping, starting again and getting it right,'' Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnelll, (R-Ky.) said today on CNN.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele suggested that the president's round of network interviews today hadn't amounted to much.

"I thought the president said a lot without saying anything,'' Steele said on CBS' Face the Nation. "There was nothing that moved the needle on this debate... This is not very helpful to the president right now.... It may have been nice to do the interviews, but I don't think it advanced the debate on health care that much.''"
The Swamp

Can you believe he's still blaming other people for his failings, for his extremism, for his planned deficits, for his mismatched appointments, his creepy associations--and especially the news coverage which is almost 99% pro-Obama 24/7?

"Unfortunately, we've got... a 24-hour news cycle where what gets you on the news is controversy,'' he told NBC's David Gregory. "What gets you on the news is the extreme statement. The easiest way to get 15 minutes on the news, or your 15 minutes of fame, is to be rude.''

One news channel (Fox) covered the Tea Parties, Townhalls, and March on Washington and Obama goes all quivery and teary.