"Obama and the Left: The lesson of the rise and fall of Van Jones" sums up Mr. Obama's problems in a few short paragraphs. In particular, the editorial's last paragraph is a perfectly accurate summary of the Obama term thus far [bold added for emphasis]:
No President is responsible for all of the views of his appointees, but the rise and fall of Mr. [Van] Jones is one more warning that Mr. Obama can't succeed on his current course of governing from the left. He is running into political trouble not because his own message is unclear, or because his opposition is better organized. Mr. Obama is falling in the polls because last year he didn't tell the American people that the "change" they were asked to believe in included trillions of dollars in new spending, deferring to the most liberal Members of Congress, a government takeover of health care, and appointees with the views of Van Jones.
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