This is from Obama’s first press conference in 309 days:  He didn’t realize Birnbaum hadn’t resigned until today because he had a whole bunch of other stuff going on.  Happiness and joy.

Now, most around my corner of the blogosphere aren’t happy about this.  They see it as a failure in leadership, and insofar as that conclusion goes, I agree.  However, it’s also an opportunity.  We want Obama to be as busy with other stuff as he can be.  The busier he is on distractions, the less damage he can do.

Seriously, was he providing leadership anyway?  No.  He’s blaming Bush, bowing to foreign leaders, and golfing.  When he does sign bills into law, they’re nightmares like Obamacare.  So why on Earth would we want him on the job?

No, instead it’s time for some neverending distractions.  We can tell him he needs to go agitate for human rights in Antarctica or something.  I’m pretty sure we could get him to buy it if we mentioned it would be a great place to surf with the whales and show off his beach bod in flower-print shorts.  It’s nice and warm in the south, after all.  The camera crews are just waiting for him now…

So yes, we want Obama to be busy with other stuff through the rest of his Presidency.  We have enough of him to undo as it is.