Barack Obama walked into the lion's den yesterday. Into a roomful of Republican members of Congress. And I thought he handled himself quite well. Everything was relatively civil. Which is unusual in American politics. We need more of it. A genuine dialogue between the two parties. Unfortunately, politicians have lost touch with each other. There's fault on both sides of the aisle. Instead of listening to each other, there's been endless bombast. But this time, there were 82 captivating minutes. And it was televised. Live. The nice thing is that Obama knows no fear. He's got a gifted mind. An amazing intellect. But he's caught up in a political system in which sound bites prevail. Politicians really don't talk to each other. But hey, there's an occasional breakthorugh. That's encouraging. Here's how the New York Times reported the rare event. --Jim Broede
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/us/politics/30obama.html?th&emc=th
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The problem with Obama is that he's too kind-hearted for his own good. For great achievement in politics, one must be ruthless.--Jim
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