It's interesting to watch actually. I saw an old episode of The West Wing Season 7 where Santos is planning what he'd do in government and his running mate tells him he has, at best, 18 months, in which to do something.
Obama seems to be more focused on legacy and Shit_That_Needs_Doing at the moment over re-election. This is refreshing, and might mean that he doesn't get re-elected. But changing the shit that's been changed is going to be really hard now.
I'm also impressed about how the worst economic crisis in a half century has managed to become his fault, and that he's made it worse. Even though all the data shows it's improved since a few months after he got in.
He's not perfect, but I have to remind myself what the alternative was.
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Date: 2010-07-16 04:26 pm (UTC)Obama seems to be more focused on legacy and Shit_That_Needs_Doing at the moment over re-election. This is refreshing, and might mean that he doesn't get re-elected. But changing the shit that's been changed is going to be really hard now.
I'm also impressed about how the worst economic crisis in a half century has managed to become his fault, and that he's made it worse. Even though all the data shows it's improved since a few months after he got in.
He's not perfect, but I have to remind myself what the alternative was.