"There are two kinds of fighting—narcissistic fighting and Oedipal fighting. Oedipal fighting is father and son rolling up their sleeves and duking it out. Narcissistic fighting is putting yourself above the opponent by putting him down. I think Obama does both. He knows how to be a narcissistic fighter and an Oedipal fighter. He knows how to argue about policy and argue with people. Be he also has this other part of him—and I don’t know where it comes from—that’s like this pocket of nastiness," – Justin A. Frank, author of "Obama On The Couch."
I worry that the president risks losing some of his favorability and likability with the sneering. He has the better arguments. He should simply make them.
The Dish 