Arrogance, petulance Obama's essential character

"Much has been written in recent weeks concerning the Obama Administration’s early struggles and stumbles, particularly in matters such as properly vetting prospective cabinet nominees, differentiating between campaigning and governing, and staying on message during a rambling press conference. Some commentators have tried to downplay or dismiss these difficulties, while others have chalked them up as the inevitable errors of an amateur who has been pushed too far, too fast. What many of the pundits tend to overlook in their analyses of President Obama’s first weeks is that these early misadventures illustrate the petulance and arrogance that stand as the defining elements of the man’s essential character."

http://townhall.com/columnists/BrianBirdnow/2009/02/14/it%e2%80%99s_all_about_the_%e2%80%9co%e2%80%9d_the_arrogance_of_barack_obama