POOR LIBERALS, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE SUBSTANTIVE IN THE PROCESS:

Barack Obama, Where Have You Gone? Oh, There. (Sharon O'Connell, March 14, 2011, Huffington Post)

Young Barack learned to create his life by conciliation, by avoiding all appearance of being an angry young black man. By always avoiding conflict. By developing an abiding belief in his own gifts -- powers of charm and persuasion and conciliation -- to wend his way to what he wants. This is why our president, a fondness for whom many are no longer insisting upon, may not 'feel' clear and simple anger and has not yet channeled it to power. He has never had to before. Still, too much wending can result in a different kind of want, all process and no delivery -- the avoidance of the power of real power.

Some of this we already know, but have we acknowledged the real hold this has on Obama, and how much it explains where he lives?

He got what he wanted, another line on his resume.

Posted by oj at March 16, 2011 4:18 PM
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