According to The Hill, President Obama had a sit down with the Senate Democrats in which he faced the following criticism from Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas:
Lincoln, who faces a tough reelection fight, asked Obama to push back against "people at the extremes" of both parties, especially against Democrats "who want extremes." She also took a swipe at Obama's White House, referencing a constituent who "fears that there's no one in your administration that understands what it means to go to work on Monday and make a payroll on Friday."
Lincoln's constituent is exactly right. According to research by JP Morgan, the Obama administration has the lowest percentage of appointees with private sector experience of any administration--Democratic or Republican--going back at least to Teddy Roosevelt:
