It’s not defensiveness, Derb. I just don’t see the point of all the pile-on. Criticize–obviously this isn’t going well and to suggest that I don’t get that is silly. And, yes, of course it all reflects on the president. But I saw what you saw as “lame” as the president getting the message and getting the whip out. Which is what you’d want, I would think. As I said, the test is now in the next few days: Does the pain ease? Is there real relief in site? I took “not acceptable” as him getting that. Feel free to think I’m a reflexive defensive hack (though my reflexes certainly we’re working then on Wednesday), but I think I’m just trying to be reasonable at my armchair computer in the midst of a disaster.