Visitors to my blog will notice that I haven’t had many posts in the last month. The primary reason is that my consulting business is keeping me busier than I ever expected (which is a good thing). But I’ll also confess that it’s not as much fun to criticize President Obama now as it was over a year ago, when I started this blog.

Back then, the conventional wisdom was that President Obama’s election marked something of a realignment in American politics, and that he was blessed with phenomenal communications skills, cozy media relations, and a bold agenda. As I wrote in my first oped for POLITICO, I thought those conclusions were wrong.

Of course, a year later, President Obama’s approval ratings are in the tank, his agenda has been stymied and/or watered-down (with the notable exception of health care), and the media’s relationship with the White House is near a breaking point (as detailed in today’s Washington Post). Even though the President gives marvelous speeches when called upon, it’s now widely recognized that those speeches do little to move public opinion. It’s all but certain that his party will suffer in this fall’s elections.

So rather than kick the White House while they’re down and continue to write regular posts questioning and analyzing their media strategy, I’m going to suspend blogging until President Obama’s approval ratings return to positive territory (if they ever do). Sorry, but it’s just not much fun to run a blog that says what’s already on the front page of the Washington Post.

Thanks to all who have visited and linked to this blog over the past year. I’ve had far more visitors than I ever expected, and learned a lot in the process. (Lesson #1: Sarah Palin really does drive traffic!)

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