It’s funny–I was called a moron, part of a circular firing squad, and worse for arguing what the White House communications team has just determined. As the Washington Post reports, after a year-end analysis, “White House advisers said the president’s communications team had not taken the initiative often enough and had allowed drawn-out debates in Congress, and relentless criticism by Republicans, to drown out his message.”

To bad this only comes after Obama and Congressional Democrats have lost the overwhelming momentum they had after the 2008 elections. I don’t think they’ll be able to get that back, but hopefully they’ll be more effective in (1) calling out Republicans as obstructionist and (2) articulating a compelling Democratic vision of government. I doubt it, though.