In an excellent summary of Obama as insufferably sold on himself, more than most, Krauthammer starts with the hubris manifested in his Germany ploy, asking

what exactly has he done in his lifetime to merit appropriating the Brandenburg Gate as a campaign prop? What was his role in the fight against communism, the liberation of Eastern Europe, the creation of what George Bush 41—who presided over the fall of the Berlin Wall but modestly declined to go there for a victory lap—called “a Europe whole and free”?

Does Obama not see the incongruity? It’s as if a German pol took a campaign trip to America and demanded the Statue of Liberty as a venue for a campaign speech. (The Germans have now gently nudged Obama into looking at other venues.)

He further asks:

has there ever been a presidential nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total of his lifetime achievements?

He continues:

Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted “present” nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.

And there’s more more more here.