Syndiated talk show host and all around good guy Todd Feinburg, at his new blog Barack’s White Lies, says Obama suffers from “ego weakness”,
This is the good thing about long, tedious campaigns. They give you the time to pick away at the illusions that candidates create and learn a bit about what they’re made of. Barack is showing ego weakness – all he had to do was say, “Ya, I was speaking extemporaneously a couple of times and slightly mischaracterized the McCain position. I regret that, because the truth is bad enough that no exaggeration is needed.”
That ego weakness will ensure that this story stays in the news until it reaches its inevitable conclusion, a heaping serving of humble pie for Obama when he finally has to admit to his deception in order for the story to go away.