It’s pure fiction to say that the White House has crafted brilliant strategies to save America. It should get credit for averting another Great Depression but one smart (but flawed) policy doesn’t excuse the drift on areas of intense importance to the United States.

Take cap and trade: What exactly was it about taxing businesses in the middle of a major recession that seemed like it would be a popular idea?

Then there was the whole “we are going to jump-start the economy by retrofitting homes” argument.

If something doesn’t sound right, it probably isn’t. The idea that we’d revitalize our economy with what are essentially janitorial jobs was absurd from the beginning.