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First it was Mark Halperin, now Evan Thomas too. 
In a word, the President is a "hack". So says Evan Thomas. Evan F'ing Thomas! Yeah, the same guy who said the following:
Both links have video plus some context and links etc.

Evan Thomas | Democrat | Obama | The Daily CallerOn “Inside Washington,” host Gordon Peterson asked his panel to suggest a way to overcome the current impasse and get Congress and the White House moving on a budget deal. Thomas offered up a solution, but also expressed his frustration with Obama.
“Yeah, because it’s happened before – Obama has got to be President of the United States,” Thomas said. “He has to be two things. He has to make a public case of how bad is this, because he is not doing that. He’s not being honest about just how bad this is going to be — no, he was partisan. He was God [bleep] Democrat! He was just, you know – being a party guy. I applaud the energy but it wasn’t getting me anywhere. He has got to rise above that and then in private, in private – he’s got to make a deal.”
In a word, the President is a "hack". So says Evan Thomas. Evan F'ing Thomas! Yeah, the same guy who said the following:
More bowing from the media « Hot AirEVAN THOMAS: Well, we were the good guys in 1984, it felt that way. It hasn’t felt that way in recent years. So Obama’s had, really, a different task We’re seen too often as the bad guys. And he – he has a very different job from – Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is ‘we are above that now.’ We’re not just parochial, we’re not just chauvinistic, we’re not just provincial. We stand for something – I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God. He’s-
MATTHEWS: Yeah.
THOMAS: HeÂ’s going to bring all different sides together.
Both links have video plus some context and links etc.