In Time Magazine: 'Obama's Campaign Diminished the Presidency'

Florida resident Karen Hughes, worldwide vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller and former counselor to President George W. Bush -- in a morning-after opinion piece in Time magazine -- makes an incisive case that "Obama's Campaign Diminished the Presidency." Here is some of what she writes:

"I felt that I was watching a shrinking presidency as the campaign unfolded, with President Obama getting smaller each day. He often came across as peeved, petty and not presidential. On stage during the first debate he looked as if he wanted to be anywhere else, and his comments about his opponent were cutting and deeply personal. The final blow came with his comments in the final days to his supporters that voting is the best revenge. The mindset that comment reveals is deeply disturbing: an election as a weapon to be wielded against our fellow Americans.

"At its core, the central message I took away from the Presidents re-election campaign was: Stick with me, we are inching forward and things could be a lot worse. Not exactly a hopeful agenda on which to build."

Read the whole article here.