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Aura dazzles, but argument gets things done. Consider the debate on the Democrats' health care bill and the increasingly negative response to Barack Obama's performance. Democrats have the numbers to pass a health care bill -- 256 votes in the House, 38 more than the 218 majority; 60 votes in the Senate, enough to defeat a filibuster. But they haven't come up with the arguments, at least yet, to put those numbers on the board. It's something not many predicted that bright January inauguration morning.
We knew that day that Obama was good at aura, at generating enthusiasm for...
Obama Has Aura but Doesn't Know How To Legislate
On the contrary, Mr. Barone, I think President Obama is a highly skilled politician that knows the system, how it works, and how to get things done, which is exactly what he is doing. He is not just a "charisma guy/great orator" as you suggest.
As POTUS and Head of the Democratic Party, Prez Obama is moving ahead quickly to implement his and their agenda to correct the deficiencies and mess that former Prez Bush and the former repub led congress left behind.
The problem is that his pace is much to fast for stuck in the mud "status quo" Republicans and...