In his new book, “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House,” journalist Edward Klein reveals how even former friends and political allies of the president have become frustrated with his remoteness and bungling of crises.

Klein, former editor of The New York Times Magazine and frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, interviewed numerous members of Obama’s inner circle. In this excerpt, he explains how even celebrity backer Oprah Winfrey was shoved aside.

A picture is worth a thousand words...

More fuzzy math from the Presidential primaries.

President Barack Obama officially kicked off his re-election campaign in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday with a rousing rally for an arena crowd, looking to recapture some of the 2008 momentum that propelled him to victory even as he acknowledged an economy that's a work in progress.

But the crowd didn't fill the arena, which seats 18,000. Entire sections of the upper deck were empty, and there was floor space available.

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Given the growing strength of nations such as China, India and Brazil - not to mention the power of popular unrest showed by the "Arab Spring" - the idea that U.S. policy might be key to another region's destiny is itself being questioned.

Under Bush, many, particularly the Middle East, saw the United States as a "rogue state" that endangered others. Under Obama, some believe that while it may sometimes be a stabilizing force, it could also be becoming quietly less important.

"I have simply moved on from looking at America," said Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, a blogger and political commentator based in the United Arab Emirates. "It's not America that is going to bring change to the Middle East or anywhere else. We have to look to ourselves, produce the change ourselves."

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Since our corrupt elected officials can't count, perhaps we should help them out!

More on American media manipulating news...

Thank goodness for the internet.

Left up to the mainstream media, we wouldn't know Dr. Paul existed.

Two networks yesterday, CNBC and MSNBC, broadcast a little known fact – Dr. Ron Paul appears to be winning the Republican nomination for President.

After three more states locked in delegates to the GOP nominating convention – CO, MN and IA – indicators point to a brokered convention with a possible, even probable, Ron Paul victory.

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It is painful to watch this "journalist."

No wonder CNN's ratings are going through the floor!