Obama's bungling of Shirley Sherrod issue overshadows administration's legislative accomplishments

WASHINGTON - A day after skidding on his worst approval ratings, President Obama and his team came across as defensive and rattled - characteristics of Americans do not like their leader.

Stumble-administration bungling in melodrama Shirley Sherrod is an epic case of lousy damage control - and that is putting mildly.

By sacking Sherrod on the strength of doctored video Posted by blogger on Obama-bashing to the White House seemed to fear of offending conservative media critics - and white voters who helped elect an African-American president.

"They are so scared of finding anti-white, over-react and do things, so it can not be accused of being pro-black," a prominent Democratic official complained to the Daily News. "It was very sloppy performance."

On the contrary, it's hard to imagine Bill or Hillary Clinton, who as first lady beat a "vast rightwing conspiracy" so easy caving to conservative attack machine, which skewed "evidence" against Sherrod.

Composition of poverty, disorder Sherrod performed throughout the achievement of President marquee of the week - Monument financial regulatory reform bill.

His carefully orchestrated Bill-signing ceremony is swallowed whole by the media fixation with Sherrod.

Flap capped a second straight week, off-message Obama. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was incensed, though spokesman Robert Gibbs said, the Democrats might lose the House in November.

The White House was forced to seek peace. Obama promised to obtain more money for the Democratic campaign committee, but the incident highlights the continuing tension between the White House and Congressional allies.

Ironically, while Obama is working rating dropped to 44% in the Quinnipiac survey, his legislative accomplishments continue to accumulate.

Anemic numbers of fuel reservations about the leadership style and difficulty in communicating his message to more vigorously.

This does not mean that it is doomed to failure, much less a goner for re-election political life away in 2012. Defenders say it's just the summer doldrums, which disperses as the economy continues a slow recovery.

Yet only a few months, until the mid-term elections, more bad news, it is clear that increasing nervousness among party leaders.

"Ronald Reagan made a lot of bad things, but people believed him and thought he was strong," veteran Democratic raged. "Obama is doing a lot of great things, but unfortunately, many people do not seem to trust him and I think it is weak."