https://redstate.com/erick/2010/07/14/breaking-ranks-when-the-heat-is-on-what-happens-when-amateurs-go-to-war/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:18:05 -0400<![CDATA[I have long maintained that while this administration is great at running campaigns, it is a miserable failure at actually running an administration. It has become rudderless with too many people competing to steer the ship.One minute Rahm Emanuel calls the shots. The next it is Valerie Jarrett or David Axelrod or Robert Gibbs. Then back to Rahm and over to Patrick Gaspard, etc.Save for Emanuel, we see a group of amateurs sailing the ship of state and fighting on the battlefield of policy and politics. And we are beginning to see what happens when the heat is on, the metaphorical bullets are flying, and the amateurs are in charge. They break ranks, cut, and run.And along the way, they are throwing the President of the United States under the bus.Consider three stories out today.Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats confronted White House official Dan Turton about Robert Gibbs&#8217; less than helpful comments. Turton responded that Gibbs was speaking off the cuff. Gibbs has been back pedaling ever since.Compare Turton&#8217;s remarks to Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s face with an anonymous White House official who said Gibbs&#8217; remarks were intentional — they were planned:]]>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:26:35 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/07/14/breaking-ranks-when-the-heat-is-on-what-happens-when-amateurs-go-to-war-n35489