Definition of bumbler | Bee Dictionary of English

But if Obama is a rookie acting like a veteran, Pelosi, a career politician, has all too often filled the role of the bumbler in 2009.
Referencing both James Stewart, as the bumbler who befriends an invisible rabbit in Harvey, and Anthony Perkins, as a dead woman's doting son in Psycho, Gosling tiptoes on the fine .
Benny Profane, a schlemiel (the Yiddish word for chronic bumbler), is the novel's antihero.

Foreign policy at core of tonight's debate
Make sure Americans leave the debate viewing him as a strong, can-do commander-in-chief, not, as the Republicans portray him, as a bumbler (Libya) who “leads from behind” (Arab Spring) and is unwilling to make tough decisions (Syria, Iran). “Obama must attack Romney and somehow demonstrate his incompetence without being mean and driving up the president's personal negatives, which have increased ...
Sept. 15, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News
What Obama, Romney Must Do In Final Debate
Make sure Americans leave the debate viewing him as a strong, can-do commander-in-chief, not, as the Republicans portray him, as a bumbler (Libya) who “leads from behind” (Arab Spring) and is unwilling to make tough decisions (Syria, Iran). “Obama must attack Romney and somehow demonstrate his incompetence without being mean and driving up the president's personal negatives, which have increased ...
Sept. 14, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News

Gary Fine in Chicago Tribune
Fine noted that in contrast to the more recent comedic attacks on Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Chase's act "was not a mean-spirited kind of critique: Our president is a bit of a bumbler, but he'sa nice bumbler, and that'sa good thing...
John Schuck in Toronto Star
Originally the concept was that he was a bumbler,explains Schuck. "I expressed quite forcefully that I wasn't interested in that. I'd rather he be an overachiever who tried too hard and failed because of that. That's a lot funnier."
Om Puri in Times of India
Columnist and wife of actor Om Puri, Nandita Puri, said, "Shakti Kapoor has on previous occasions goofed up after several pegs. But to get a perpetual bumbler as a scapegoat is not a great show of investigative journalism......"

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