Did Obama really play things this badly? [View all]

[Onlooker]

From what I have read, Obama pressed for the Supremes to debate the health care law now, even forsaking pursuit of a technical argument that could have delayed the case for a couple of years. He appointed an apparently inept solicitor general who did such a bad job arguing the case that liberal SC justices had to help him out. Despite absolutely no evidence, the Democrats acted as if Kennedy would be a swing justice on the Supreme Court, when in fact he's roughly as disgusting as the rest of them. From what I'm reading now, it sounds like Obama's signature accomplishment will go down in flames, establishing him as a failure, and making it more difficult for him to win re-election. How could the White House have handled things so badly? Are they really that inept?