Obama's three big mistakes

By David Frum, CNN Contributor

August 29, 2011 5:06 p.m. EDT

 

Editor's note: David Frum writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002, he is the author of six books, including "Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again," and is the editor of FrumForum.

Washington (CNN) -- Over at Bloomberg, Jonathan Alter poses a question to non-supporters of President Obama:
"Tell me again why Barack Obama has been such a bad president? I'm not talking here about him as a tactician and communicator. We can agree that he has played some bad poker with Congress. ... (But) what, specifically, has he done wrong on policy?"

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