There is a feeling growing across the land, I see it now every day in op-ed pieces far and wide, and I hear it from people who, upon seeing me, ask me how I think Obama is doing, that the new President is out of his depth. Here is another piece, this one from The Telegraph in the UK, from a Brit, in New York on St. Patrick's Day, who wonders if Obama might not be able to fix what ails us.

In The New York Times, Thomas Friedman writes about the furor surrounding those A.I.G. bonuses, and about what it will take for the President to begin fixing our ailing financial system. Essentially, the President needs political capital, and he seems to be letting that capital slip through his fingers, a little every day.

Noemie Emery, writing in The San Francisco Chronicle, compares the Obama track record to the dire predictions concerning the alleged incompetence of Sarah Palin. At least John McCain and Sarah Palin each had some experience running something other than a political campaign.

Even Liberal columnists are getting concerned, as Harold Meyerson, writing in The Washington Post, finds fault with Obama's Treasury Secretary.

The President might want to think twice about expanding U.S. military operations into Baluchistan, which is a province of Pakistan that our forces have, so far, avoided, and where members of the Taliban seem to be operating with impunity. Why should he think twice? Because Pakistan is unstable, and has nuclear weapons. Military operations inside Pakistani territory without the consent of their government is a violation of their sovereignty and, while I am an advocate of taking the war to the enemy, I am also an advocate of being clear when it comes to fighting wars (which is why I am still upset that President Bush didn't ask for a Declaration of War from Congress in 2001). Sometimes recognizing the legal niceties isn't just about being nice.

We all recognize by now that the Internet is killing newspapers, but is it also killing the concept of a fair trial by jury?