Presidential Priorities: Going on "The View"

Captain Ed presents a relevant cartoon by the great Michael Ramirez.

Shelby Steele sounds more and more perceptive all the time:

The president always knew that his greatest appeal was not as a leader but as a cultural symbol.

And

Well, suppose you were the first black president of the United States and, therefore, also the first black head-of-state in the entire history of Western Civilization. You represent a human first, something entirely new under the sun. There aren't even any myths that speak directly to your circumstance, no allegorical tales of ancient black kings who ruled over white kingdoms.


If anything, you may literally experience yourself as a myth in the making. . . .


Does this special burden explain Barack Obama's embrace of scale as vision (if I don't know what to do, I'll do big things)? I think it does to a degree. It means, for example, that a caretaker presidency is not an option for him. . . .

Which is why this music video parody resonates with people.  Even many on the Left.

And it's why people comment like this on Obama's vacations and golf outings.  If "scale as vision" is your mission, you need time to think.  Let other people worry about solving today's problems.