Shock and awe

Jesse Jackson: How Obama Can Win Velma Hart Back - The Daily Beast:

"The core of them - Summers, Geithner - these guys come out of the Wall Street, Harvard community, and their point of view is conditioned by their privileges and their point of view is conditioned by their experiences. Their point of view is from the top down. They see the world differently."

I am not a fan of Jesse Jackson, never have been, probably never will be. That being said, even I agree with people that I do not like much on occasion (even Glenn Beck).

Anyone who has discussed politics with me at any decent length has undoubtedly heard me say that I do not believe that real change can come from the top down, I have to admit, it's not very often that the same is said by someone who is at the top.

President Obama has made mistakes, all presidents make mistakes, but the one thing I think most of the people who voted for him hoped he wouldn't do was fill his cabinet with academic and corporate elites. Unfortunately, that's what he did and now he is paying a political price for it. Legislation that is based more in theory than practice, the inability to have a common discourse with the American people, the great oration juxtaposed with flat personal interaction.

He needs to take Rev. Jackson's, and Velma Hart's, concern and advice to heart and finds some people that can right this ship pretty quickly or he's going to be the next Jimmy Carter, a one-term president who was just in a little bit over his head.