Losing the bid for the Chicago Olympics is not the end of the world but it is a yet another blip that shows his lack of political prowess and experience.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091002/pl_politico/27857
Bill Clinton was often criticized for “governing by the polls”. But, you can’t argue that it didn’t work for him. He was re-elected and finished his Presidency with the highest approval rating in Presidential history for an outgoing President. After all we are a “representative” Government and “governing by the polls” is giving the people what they want whether you think it’s the right thing or not. It’s an effective strategy that worked well for him.
George W. Bush didn’t “govern by the polls” (and in his credit he told us he wasn’t going to) and finished with the 2nd lowest approval rating of all time just barely ahead of Harry Truman. Many people were mad at Bush for his decisions and are still quite bitter today. Bush made decisions based on what he thought was right (only time will tell if he truly was) and didn’t pay much attention to what the people wanted.
Obama has a choice. He can be Bush or he can be Clinton. It’s OK to do things your way sometimes but you also have to give the people what they want sometimes too. He needs to develop some political prowess very quickly if he wants to be President longer than Jimmy Carter. All in one day we saw the announcement that unemployment has risen to 9.8% and his unnecessary risk couldn’t bring the Olympics to Chicago. We need his On the Job Training to become experience very quickly.
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