People often ask me what advice I would give the White House about various things . Today I was mulling over election results from New York and Nevada while thinking about that very question . What should the White House do now ? One word came to mind : Panic . We are far past sending out talking points . Do not attempt to dumb it down . We can not stand any more explanations . Have you talked to any Democratic senators lately ? I have . It 's pretty damn clear they are not happy campers . This is what I would say to President Barack Obama : The time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction you are headed . I do n't know how else to break this down . Simply put : . 1 . Fire somebody . No -- fire a lot of people . This may be news to you but this is not going well . For precedent , see Russian Army 64th division at Stalingrad . There were enough deaths at Stalingrad to make the entire tea party collectively orgasm . Mr. President , your hinge of fate must turn . Bill Clinton fired many people in 1994 and took a lot of heat for it . Reagan fired most of his campaign staff in 1980 . Republicans historically fired their own speaker , Newt Gingrich . Bush fired Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . For God 's sake , why are we still looking at the same political and economic advisers that got us into this mess ? It 's not working . Furthermore , it 's not going to work with the same team , the same strategy and the same excuses . I know economic analysts are smart -- some work 17-hour days . It 's time to show them the exit . Wake up -- show us you are doing something . 2 . Indict people . There are certain people in American finance who have n't been held responsible for utterly ruining the economic fabric of our country . Demand from the attorney general a clear status of the state of investigation concerning these extraordinary injustices imposed upon the American people . I know Attorney General Eric Holder is a close friend of yours , but if his explanations are n't good , fire him too . Demand answers to why no one has been indicted . Mr. President , people are livid . Tell people that you , too , are angry and sickened by the irresponsible actions on Wall Street that caused so much suffering . Do not accept excuses . Demand action now . 3 . Make a case like a Democrat . While we are going along with the Republican austerity garbage , who is making the case against it ? It 's not the Democrats ! We are allowing the over-educated , over-explanatory bureaucrat by the name of ( Congresssional Budget Office director Douglas ) Elmendorf do all the talking . Do not let him make your case . Let us make your case . Is it any wonder that we were doing better in the middle of the stimulus-spending period than we are doing with the austerity program ? 4 . Hold fast to an explanation . Stick to your rationale for what has happened and what is going to happen under your leadership . You must carry this through until the election ( never say that things are improving because evidently they are not ) . As I watch the Republican debates , I realize that we are on the brink of a crazy person running our nation . I sit in front of the television and shudder at the thought of one of these creationism-loving , global-warming-denying , immigration-bashing , Social-Security-cutting , clean-air-hating , mortality-fascinated , Wall-Street-protecting Republicans running my country . The course we are on is not working . The hour is late , and the need is great . Fire . Indict . Fight .
James Buchanan : Special meetings are a warning to the House . He says President Obama 's approach is n't working , needs urgent fix . Obama should fire people whose methods are n't effective . Carville : Indict Wall Street is responsible for financial crisis .