l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 Chief among them is that he’s uninterested in actually striking up
relationships and working with others. He’s so caught up in his own hype
that he’s convinced he doesn’t have to do the hard work of relating to
other politicians. Bob Woodward’s new book “The Price of Politics,”
details last summers debt ceiling negotiations went off track and how
members of Congress in both parties eventually tired of the President’s
royal flair. ABC notes:
Woodward places particular blame for the failure to reach a deal with
Obama, writing that the seeds of discord were planted early in his
administration. He displayed “two sides” of his personality in early
meetings with congressional leaders, Woodward said.
“There’s this divided-man quality to President Obama always. Initially
he meets with the congressional leaders, he says you know, ‘We’re going
to be accommodating, we’re going to listen, we’re going to talk, we’re
going to compromise,” Woodward said.
“But then they — Republicans ask some questions and challenge him a
little bit and he says, ‘Look I won. I’m in charge here,’ ” Woodward
continued. “And the Republicans feel totally isolated and ostracized. And
this was the beginning of a war.”
In a review of the book in The Washington Post, Jeff Shesol sums up some of
the details from the book
…Woodward reserves his most damning indictment for Obama, whom he sees
as well meaning but often stumbling, and cocky and remote — a cold fish
with a high hand who needlessly alienates potential “friends.” Woodward
recounts that in early 2009, after every last House Republican voted against
the administration’s stimulus package, Cantor told Emanuel that “you
really could have gotten some of our support”— if it weren’t for the
president’s “arrogance.”Woodward seems to take this claim at face value,
along with similarly self-serving statements by Rep. Paul Ryan and others.
They inform Woodward’s final, blistering judgment. Yes, he acknowledges,
Obama inherited a “faltering economy and faced a recalcitrant Republican
opposition. But presidents,” he says, “work their will — or should work
their will — on the important matters of national business.” Ronald Reagan
and Bill Clinton largely did, he concludes. “Obama has not.”
Obama believes in his own hype and doesn’t want to do the dirty work
required to actually work with Congress. He couldn’t do it when Democrats
controlled Congress and he certainly can’t do it with Republicans in
control of the House. | m******O
发帖数: 596 | 2 这是因为奥总统出淤泥而不染，不想和这些Washington Old Politics混在一起。
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Chief among them is that he’s uninterested in actually striking up
: relationships and working with others. He’s so caught up in his own hype
: that he’s convinced he doesn’t have to do the hard work of relating to
: other politicians. Bob Woodward’s new book “The Price of Politics,”
: details last summers debt ceiling negotiations went off track and how
: members of Congress in both parties eventually tired of the President’s
: royal flair. ABC notes:
: Woodward places particular blame for the failure to reach a deal with
: Obama, writing that the seeds of discord were planted early in his
: administration. He displayed “two sides” of his personality in early
| d*****s
发帖数: 5610 | 3 就事论事，Obama对donor的态度也很一般，据说总统宣誓那天拒绝和一些donor拍照片,
这是让Donor开心最容易的做法了；还有在纽约和big Donor吃饭时候，只吃了2个小时
，在每张桌子只呆了10分钟，就要去另一个小donor dinner。所以纽约金融界对他比较
piss off。
反过来说，共和党的政策也实在太让中产阶级失望，尽干些离谱的事，还想给富人减税
，增加军费的同时，大砍medicare，好歹中产阶级一直交medicare的税的，那这么容易
就砍了。另外，共和党对少数民族确实不怎么地，看那个全国代表大会全是中年主流男
性，就知道怎么回事。
所以两害取其轻。 |
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