BAD NEWS FOR OBAMA IN THE WASHINGTON POST: To be a great president, Obama should not seek reelection in 2012. “We do not come to this conclusion lightly. But it is clear, we believe, that the president has largely lost the consent of the governed.” (Reader Jeff Dobbs emails: “They told me that if I voted for John McCain there would be calls for the president to only serve one term. And they were right!“)

Related: The WaPo shivs The One. And the NYT isn’t exactly positive, either.