Communications Tempo

President Obama is going to unveil gun control executive orders tomorrow morning. Low-volume sellers of firearms will now be required to perform background checks on buyers. That's all well and good, but will it stop a single homicide?

Obama used his radio address over the weekend to mention that in the three years since Congress failed to "tighten firearms regulations," that,

"tens of thousands of our fellow Americans have been mowed down."

Why didn't President Obama request firearms legislation in 2009 and 2010, when Democrats had filibuster-proof majorities in the House and Senate?

That's a rhetorical question. The Democrats won't legislate an issue they can demagogue.

Anyway, I was struck by the lawnmower imagery. Perhaps this is part of the Administration's effort to upgrade their "communications tempo."

The President's directive to his communications shop, in response to overwhelming public disapproval of his handling of ISIS, has to be the most damning revelation of his administration.

Fuck operational tempo. What we need is a really good meme.

Perhaps that was the impetus behind the two major public relations efforts last December.

Joke's On You, Murica!

Presidential Twig And Berries!