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In response to
"That's what I meant by better, less Yes men and more independent thinkers. -- nm"
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Fitz Matush
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I don't know...he is what he is. I think it's in large part why Rahm ran back home so quickly.
Posted by
Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz)
Nov 5 '14, 06:47
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he knew what he had in front of him
If you're an advisor to the President, you have two choices if he doesn't agree with you. You can leave or you can kiss the ring and still retain some influence in the future.
At some point, the President will say, "That's my decision." and that's the decision of the Executive branch and mostly, the United States.
What's most frustrating to me is how skillfully Obama executed his first campaigns to Senate and then to the Presidency contrasted with how he executes his policy sales.
There's a dichotomy there that didn't exist with any of the Presidents in my lifetime. Reagan was skilled at campaigning and also selling his policies.
Bush Sr was awkward but no one questioned his credentials so his policies were pretty much bought into in the concept of "Here's a crisis. My team has done X/Y/Z....we've seen it all."
Clinton could sell ice to eskimos.
Bush Jr. was a charming doofus but he relied on selling his policies with some old-school advisors who knew how to put pressure on people.
Obama drew 300k to the Brandenberg Gate prior to being elected...YES WE CAN!...beating Hillary...and since his economic plans in 2009, he's not really made a convincing case for his policies. He got the ACA becuase of a technicality in the rules by the time the bill was ready to move.
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