A failure to set priorities and work out the mundane requirements of governance is the bane of Obama's presidency.

Editor's notes: Obama called a meeting of Congressional figures, abouht 20 for both parties. His goal was to talk about the coming push for climate and energy legislation. Obama came into power with the goal to "fundamentally transform the United States" (his words). It turns out that this is not only true, it is his only concern. TARP, the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, Healthcare reform, the regulation of Wall Street, taking over GM, and getting re-elected ---- these are the things he wants to do. Everything else seems to be a serious bother. Actually solving problems? Not so much. Look at the time he has spent dealing with the jobs problem. . . . . . next to none. Look at his management of the Gulf crisis. . . . . . 71 days into the crisis and still, no sense of urgency; his clean-up strategy? None existent. The Israeli/Palestine problem? His way or the highway or so he has told the Jews. Foreign policy in general ?? It is an absolute mess and all because he has given it so serious attention.

And folks are getting rather tired of his obfuscation failed sense of priorities. Here is an report of an exchange at between Obama and Lamar Alexander at the meeting, today:

(ABC News) In the wake of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama today summoned a bipartisan group of over 20 senators to the White House to push for energy and climate change legislation.

But one thing the President did not want to talk about at the meeting was the BP disaster, a Republican source told ABC News. And that, the source said, led to a pointed exchange with GOP senator Lamar Alexander from Tennessee.

“The priority should be fixing the oil spill,” Alexander told the President, according to the source. “That's what any meeting about energy should be about.”

But when Alexander tried to interject the BP leak into the meeting, the source said, the President told the senator, “That’s just your talking point.”

Retorted Alexander, “No, it’s my opinion.” READ MORE >>>

Understand that Alexander's criticism is shared by more and more Democrats; Alexander is a Republican.