TRUE LEADERS BECOME MORE POPULAR IN CRISES, NOT LESS

CHURCHILL IN WW2, BECAME LOVED.

SO WAS DUBYA AFTER 9/11 - FOR A FEW YEARS, AT LEAST...

BOTH OF THEIR THEIR NUMBERS WENT UP.

AND OBAMA?!?!?!?

HIS NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN. DOWN. DOWN.

WHY? BECAUSE OBAMA ISN'T EVEN A HALF-WAY DECENT LEADER.

HE SUCKS.

IF A CRISIS IS A TEST OF LEADERSHIP, THEN OBAMA HAS FAILED MISERABLY.

IF HE HAD A SHRED OF HONOR OR DECENCY OR TRULY LOVED THIS NATION, THEN HE'D RESIGN - OR AT LEAST ANNOUNCE HE WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION.

HERE'S A NICE SCENARIO: THIS OCTOBER -

• IN THE DEPTHS OF THE DOUBLE DIP,
• WITH CHRISTMAS SALES TANKING AND UNEMPLOYMENT RISING ---
• AND AS IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE SUPER-COMMITTEE WILL BE UNABLE TO DO EVEN A HALF-ASSED JOB ---
• OBAMA ANNOUNCES THAT HE WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION,
• BUT INSTEAD WILL WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO FORGE A TRULY NON-PARTISAN DEBT PLAN WITH THE COMMITTEE FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION.

(WELL.. I GUY CAN HOPE CAN'T HE!?)