August 5, 2010, Thursday: Politico - Obama in over his head

Sarah Palin: President Obama 'in over his head'

Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin declared Wednesday night that President Barack Obama has proved to be “in over his head.”

Though Palin did not fully articulate when the president has demonstrated that he has not been able to handle the job, the former Alaska governor asserted during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity that Obama was not up to the job.

“I think he’s quite complacent, and I think he’s in over his head, and he has poor advisers around him. And I think he’s really in flux when it comes to what his governing philosophy really is,” she said.

“Some of this, though, is a result of him not having much experience,” added Palin, who left the governor’s office halfway through her first term.

Palin blamed a “complicit media” and voters who did not demand that Obama be fully “vetted” during the presidential campaign.

Palin pointed to the immigration issue as an example of where Obama has dropped the ball.

“It’s a travesty with what is going on with the immigration issues in this country,” she said. “He has a choice in defending we the people in this nation of laws, and you can see where he is headed.”

Palin also sought to provide “context” to her comment over the weekend that Obama lacked the “cojones” that Palin said Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer has displayed on immigration.

“The governor is doing the right thing, and the president lacks the guts to do anything about it,” she said.