Fareed Zakaria on his CNN show, GPS had two interesting guests he has had before. Lionel Barber of the Financial Times and Professor Simon Schama of Columbia University, discussing President Obama's seven hour meeting with Congressional leaders.
Fareed called it before they came on, "Obama on the Couch." It is a good description and I am borrowing it for the title of this essay. The President is not being a leader. He also should not have tried health care for now.
A lesson I've learned is timing is everything. You may have the greatest idea since sliced bread, but if the timing is not right for it, the idea will be shelved and may not come out again.