Obama Loses His Political Grip ( As if he ever had any)

He has admitted "screwing up" key White House appointments and now faces possible defeat in the Senate over his economic stimulus bill.

He was also condemned by High Court judges in Britain after it emerged his administration was standing by a threat to halt intelligence co-operation in a row over the alleged torture of a Guantanamo Bay detainee.

Despite his best efforts, Mr Obama found himself being compared to George W. Bush, viewed among the Washington establishment as the epitome of an out-of-touch president.

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