The British Press respond to President Obama's gaffes

The Wonder Kid is overwhelmed. I thought that he was chosen over the Old One because of his youth and vigor, his ability to multi-task. His recent disastrous meeting with Gordon Brown has been critiqued by the Telegraph in the UK. They are SO polite over there. The knife slips in soooo quietly.......

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda.

President Bush is 15 years his senior and has been running a war. Heck, FDR was old, crippled, and had the Great Depression along with WWI. THIS is overwheming Obama?

Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.
"I think he can be ready, but right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training." Nuff' said on that.

A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".

Where's the outcry about Bush's, I mean, Obama's lack of interest in foreign policy? Wasn't this the President that was going to engage the world?

The real views of many in Obama administration were laid bare by a State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit, who reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why the event was so low-key.

The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying: "There's nothing special about Britain. You're just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn't expect special treatment." The apparent lack of attention to detail by the Obama administration is indicative of what many believe to be Mr Obama's determination to do too much too quickly.

Oh. My. God. And this is from the "smart diplomacy" crowd.....

We're doomed.