Monday 14 March 2011

As Afghanistan falters and the Middle East burns, how Obama is missing in action

Daily Mail
"His remoteness reflects an arrogance rooted in a curious lack of interest in people save as a political study. While the world welcomed Obama as a transformational figure, he shows no sign of wishing to fulfil any such grand role.

Indeed, the White House is obsessed with a single issue: how to get its man re-elected in November 2012.

A Washingtonian who has studied the President at close quarters said to me: ‘I think I understand him now. He’s a “pol” - a politico - who learned his business in the Chicago machine.’

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