Even the New York Times finds Obama clueless.

Politico describes the situation aptly as "Friendly fire: NYT hits Obama." Frank Rich, Thomas Friedman, Maureen Dowd and an editorial in the Sunday paper all took Obama to task. Paul Krugman wrote in his blog on Saturday that "the president’s yet to be announced bank rescue plan would almost certainly fail."

Politico concludes that "The sentiment, coming just two months after the president was sworn in, reflects elite opinion in the Washington-New York corridor that Obama is increasingly overwhelmed, and not fully appreciative of the building tsunami of populist outrage."

There seems to be growing recognition that Obama is simply unable to cope with the office of the presidency and the issues he faces. This comes not simply from the right, from people who opposed his election. Increasingly, it comes from the most prominent supporters of both Obama and the Democratic Party. Certainly, no one comes before the New York Times in shilling for Obama and the Democrats.

This is extraordinary for so early in the term of the new president.