In What Was That ‘Stupidly’ All About? Victor Davis Hanson quite rightly points out that the President risks permanently losing some of his rapidly decreasing credibility by speaking out prematurely on the Gates incident.

And if the public comes away with any lasting impression, it will be that an impromptu Obama, for all the post-racial rhetoric, still sees controversies in prisms that reflect stereotyped us/them racialism rather than looking at each incident empirically.

It’s been a tough week for him – plummeting poll numbers, delays in his health care reform package, his buddies in ACORN have been revealed as possible crooks, and he has been roundly criticized for his remarks on the Gates incident. Time for a weekend at Camp David.

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