Not As Seismic As You Think

On 60 Minutes last night, President Obama admitted that while gridlock and obstruction by the GOP has harmed the country, the voters rightfully believe that he ultimately "bears responsibility" for the government.

President Barack Obama discussed his frustration with gridlock in Washington, saying his "biggest disappointment" in his nearly four years in office has been the failure to oversee change in the nation's political climate.

"My biggest disappointment is that we haven't changed the tone in Washington as much as I would have liked," Obama said in a CBS News interview that aired Sunday.

Difficult when Republican leaders were meeting during the day of the President's inauguration to try to figure out how to completely oppose him and shut the country down for the four years.

Asked if he bears any blame for the stalemate, Obama said the buck stops at his desk.

"I think that, you know, as president I bear responsibility for everything, to some degree," he said on CBS' "60 Minutes."

That's a pretty bold statement, but he's said it before that the President bears responsibility, especially during an election year.  It's what a President and a leader should say.  Compare that to Mitt Romney, avoiding responsibility for MassCare when he was governor, and refusing to give specifics of his austerity plan now.

Smart move.  Republicans had better be careful pursuing this as an attack...it's an obvious rope-a-dope, but then again the Romney camp hasn't shown the strategic intelligence to not take Obama's bait every single time.

I doubt this time will be different.