During the primaries I mused that Obama might be another Carter; a charming young liberal Christian who goes down in flames for his ideals.
I doubted it then, and I doubt it now. He's a canny Chicago politician with skills Carter wouldn't develop until long after his presidency. I expect that he's going to be the Democrats' Ronald Reagan instead, a charming teflon-coated pragmatist who will compromise when he must but hold to his ideals every time he can.
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Date: 2009-04-17 12:10 am (UTC)I doubted it then, and I doubt it now. He's a canny Chicago politician with skills Carter wouldn't develop until long after his presidency. I expect that he's going to be the Democrats' Ronald Reagan instead, a charming teflon-coated pragmatist who will compromise when he must but hold to his ideals every time he can.