Talk about your fearful symmetry.

After eight years, the president's gut remains gullible. He'll go out as he came in -- ignoring reality; failing to foresee, prevent or even prepare for disasters; misinterpreting intelligence reports; misreading people; and handling crises in ways that makes them exponentially worse.

He has spent 469 days of his presidency kicking back at his ranch, and 450 days cavorting at Camp David. And there's still time to mountain-bike through another historic disaster."

--Maureen Dowd, op-ed piece in the New York Times.