If I’m the Republican nominee, and looking for material to generate enthusiasm for “Democrats Against Obama,” I might try to spotlight the assessment of retiring Rep. Dennis Cordoza of California. Today in The Hill, Cordoza paints a devastating portrait of President Obama as a failed leader:

  • “After observing President Obama for the last three years, it has become obvious to me that the President might prefer to be a university professor rather than do the job he holds today…”
  • Early in his administration, President/Professor Obama repeatedly referred to “teaching moments.” He would admonish staff, members of Congress and the public, in speeches and in private, about what they could learn from him…
  • One former administration official told me directly that the people in the White House “NEVER TALK TO REAL PEOPLE.” Another former Obama staffer confided to me that it was clear to him that the President didn’t mind giving speeches (lectures), but really avoided personal contact with members of Congress and folks outside the beltway.
  • A senior housing official recently told me that, despite the fact that he was responsible for crafting policies to stem the foreclosure crisis, he had personally never met with a homeowner who had been foreclosed on.

Last week I mentioned my continuing surprise at how many Americans insist Obama is likeable, when it seems increasingly clear the president has some distinctly unlikable traits. His perpetual belief that he is here to teach everyone else the right way for everything, as Cordoza mentions above, would seem to be one of them…