Obama administration not off to a good start.

I want President Obama to be a good president because if he fails to be a good president America fails.

Of course, how I define good president and you define good president could be very different. Point is, President Obama is not off to a good start. Signing executive orders to close Gitmo (or look at closing Gitmo) and lifting a ban on funding international pro-abortion family planning groups I can stomach because, after all, President Obama is a liberal. But a couple of other things this week made me raise an eyebrow of concern.

Thursday night President Obama met with the White House press corps. But Mr. Obama soon got testy when a reporter asked him a question. Didn't the president promise us this administration would be the most open and honest one ever?

On Friday, President Obama told GOP congressmen that they should not be listening to Rush Limbaugh. Nevermind the arrogance of such a staement, it just isn't a smart move to admit to your political opponents you fear Limbaugh.

I know it's early and these may just be the miss-steps of a green president but it is entirely consistent with similar gaffes and bouts of hubris that were common during Mr. Obama's campaign.

Is it important? While I hesitate to attack President Obama, he is one of the most arrogant politicians I've ever seen. The office of president can humble a man or destroy him. You need look no further than Nixon and Clinton to see how arrogance can destroy a presidency (or nearly so in Clinton's case).