THE OBAMA/AXELROD/RAHM AMATEUR HOUR CONTINUES: LESS THAN HALF OF OBAMA APPOINTEES ARE IN PLACE

NYTIMES:

As President Obama tries to turn around a summer of setbacks, he finds himself still playing without most of his own team. Seven months into his presidency, fewer than half of his top appointees are in place advancing his agenda.

Of more than 500 senior policymaking positions requiring Senate confirmation, just 43 percent have been filled so far — a reflection of a White House that grew more cautious after several nominations blew up last spring, a Senate that is intensively investigating nominees and a legislative agenda that has consumed both.

The sluggish pace has kept Mr. Obama from having his own people enacting programs central to his mission.

He is trying to fix the financial markets but does not have an assistant treasury secretary for financial markets.

He is spending more money on transportation than anyone since Dwight D. Eisenhower but does not have his own inspector general watching how the dollars are used.

He is fighting two wars but does not have an Army secretary.

WORST PRESIDENT EVER - IN RECORD TIME!

UPDATE: SCOOPED INSTAPUNDIT BY 5 HOURS.

EVEN SCOOPED MEMEORANDUM - THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS A LOT, AND BECAUSE I BEAT THEM I GET FEWER LINKS.

AND I SCOOPED HOT AIR, TOO. ALLAHPUNDIT USED THE EXACT PARAGRPAH I USED.

FUNNY: I SENT HIM AND GLENN THE POST RIGHT AFTER I PUT IT UP... HMMM...