BusinessWeek’s cover: “Obama’s Year Two: Time to Start Over.”

Time’s cover: “Now What? Obama Starts Over,” by Joe Klein.

Newsweek’s cover: “The Inspiration Gap: How the Trailblazer of 2008 Became the Stymied President of 2010.”

I find myself in the odd position of defending President Obama from Newsweek. We’re not out of January; while the coming year looks like a rough one for Obama, it’s far from certain he’ll be a “stymied president” this year.