CRAZY, JUST CRAZY – AT 12:01 P.M. ET:  One thing about Obama – he never learns.  Great presidents grow in office.  Obama shrinks.  In a story about the nomination of Undersecretary of Defense James Clapper to be the new director of national intelligence, The Politico reports:

According to intelligence sources, the White House sounded out other more prominent individuals, such as former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) about the job, but none was interested. Some former officials said that the Obama administration’s decision to side with the Central Intelligence Agency over Blair in personnel and briefing disputes made power players reluctant to take the DNI post.

COMMENT:  Huh?  Chuck Hagel?  If this doesn't tell you the mentality of the White House, nothing will.  Hagel, as a U.S. Senator, and ostensibly a Republican, was so bad that he had to retire.  He probably couldn't have gotten his party's nomination for another term.  He was anti-Bush, cool to the war on terror, and, without any evidence, considered himself a strategic genius.

The fact that Hagel could be asked to take such a high position demonstrates that this whole administration is simply the anti-Bush.  These are small-time politicians trying to make it in the big leagues, and failing every day.  Petty people with petty thoughts.  And at the top is Mr. Smalltime himself. 

At least Dick Cheney's Secret Service codename was "bigtime," and he was. 

June 6, 2010