8 Quotes That Show How Rudderless The Obama Administration Has Become 

Are the wheels starting to come off of the Obama Administration?

Between President Obama’s failure to visit the border, growing incompetence between the IRS and VA scandals, and a rudderless foreign policy abroad, the White House increasingly looks like it’s in a permanent struggle.

Check out what the media, and even some elected Democrats, are saying about this White House. (H/T Office of Speaker Boehner.)

1. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), regarding the border crisis: “With all due respect to the administration they are one step behind. They should have seen this coming a long time ago.” (CNN) 

2. Senior Senate Democratic aide: “A lot of people think it’s been one disappointment after the next and he [Obama] can’t really get his bearings.” (The Hill)

3. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), regarding Obama’s foreign policy: “We fight with one hand behind our back, maybe two. I don’t get it.” (Associated Press) 

4. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, regarding the border crisis: “The reality on the ground is that the administration did not stay ahead of this. … The reality is the White House has been slow to react. … So far, the politics aren’t working, and the substance isn’t working.” (MSNBC) 

5. NBC’s Chuck Todd: “This is an administration where events are controlling them. I can’t remember the last time I feel like they controlled a set of events. … I think the last six months have painted a picture of an administration that looks like they’re struggling to run the government.” (MSNBC)

6. National Journal’s Ron Fournier: “For a party that wants to establish the fact that good government can do good things, they’re now giving the public two choices: One, either we’re incredibly incompetent, both with the IRS and with the V.A. scandal. Or, we’re crooked. Pick your poison.” (CNN)

7. CNN’s John King: “What more and more Democrats are saying privately is scathing, calling the president and his team ‘detached,’ ‘flat-footed,’ even ‘incompetent.’ … Raising the competence question, some Democrats, who believe in government, [are saying] this White House doesn’t appear to have its hand on the lever.” (CNN)

8. The Washington Post’s Fred Hiatt: “Overseas and at home, the administration seems besieged and befuddled. Obama is in danger of cementing an image of haplessness that would be hard to undo.” (The Washington Post)