Mama's House

When a reporter pressed him on why he hadn't initiated a large-scale government campaign to encourage energy conservation, the President said (and I paraphrase),

"The American people are smart enough to figure it out. They know the price of gas.

They're already driving less and seeking smaller cars. I don't need to tell them; they can balance their checkbook."

Contrast that with the following.

After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is insular, uncooperative and inattentive to their hopes for a broad Democratic victory in November.

“They think they know what’s right and everyone else is wrong on everything,” groused one senior Senate Democratic aide. “They are kind of insufferable at this point.”