Can Barack Obama Fix It? Yes He Can.
Baby boomer Barack Obama becomes President of the United States. His new administration promises a break with the failures of the Bush years but what does he really stand for? Andrew Sullivan of the London Times examines his likely domestic and foreign policies and weighs their chances of success.
Magnanimity in victory: that was Churchill’s advice. And since his precocious victory last November, Barack Obama has walked that Churchillian walk. It is not common in politics, especially after a meteoric rise past every prejudice, every smear and every Clinton, but Obama has an old soul’s perspective and an intellectually secure man’s confidence. Perhaps he has too much confidence — except that every time his friends feared that in the campaign, he proved them wrong.
From the shallow brittleness of George W Bush to the supple strength of Obama is a revolution in temperament and style not seen since Jimmy Carter gave way to Ronald Reagan 28 years ago. It signals the kind of administration that now looms before us: a conciliatory, inclusive, pragmatic form of liberalism. It’s a liberalism eager to learn from the insights of conservatives, and it is pioneered by a president-elect shrewd enough to know that generosity of spirit means more leverage and influence, not less.
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It amazes me to read so many accolades for all that Obama will accomplish as President before he is even sworn in. I’m all in favor of hope and optmism in life but can we please wait until he actually gets something done? Perhaps he can start by getting Iran and North Korea out of the nuclear weapons business. Which member of his “look’s like Clinton” staff is going to be assigned to that problem?