The conventional view in Washington these days is that President Barack Obama is not having such a great second term and might already be suffering a bit of lame duckery. After all, he failed to overcome NRA and GOP opposition to modest gun safety legislation after the horrific Newtown massacre, and his immigration reform push has crashed into that brick wall known as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. But here’s a Slate pitch: Obama is the most wily tactician in the nation’s capital since Lyndon Johnson. 

via Slate Pitch: Obama Is the Shrewdest Political Tactician Since LBJ | Mother Jones.

Interesting thesis for a contrarian #slatepitch by David Corn in Mother Jones. He might be right. Surely this week coming might shore it up!