Politico:
Public interest groups are growing increasingly frustrated with the Obama administration’s indecision regarding a draft executive order that, as conceived, would force government contractors to reveal new details about their politicking.
“If he doesn’t have the guts to do it this year, I don’t see why he’s going to have the guts to do it next year. It’s got to be in the next few weeks,” said Craig Holman, Public Citizen’s government affairs lobbyist.
“Given the enormous stakes, the more information the better on the way the decisions being made by the supercommittee are being influenced,” said Fred Wertheimer of campaign finance reform group Democracy 21.
Added Meredith McGehee, the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center’s policy director: “It’s been a deafening silence from the administration. I’ve been pretty mystified by the whole experience. Time for a decision.”
Not that mystifying. Just par for the course. Though I will say that having progressive non-profits talk about the President not "having the guts" to do something is relatively new, and noteworthy. The Netroots have talked about the "guts" problem for years, but awareness of the President's "leadership gap" has, as predicted, grown far beyond the "Internet left fringe." It's becoming a problem, and it should have been addressed years ago. Being right is no solace if it means we lose the House, Senate and presidency next year.
