The coming health-care summit is just the latest example of how the president prefers public discussion of problems to rolling up his sleeves and fixing them.
Three cheers for democracy! Obama's appearance at the Republicans' retreat in Baltimore was so well-received that the exciting new format is back by popular demand, with the president now planning to hold a televised "bipartisan summit" on health care at the end of this month. Barack Obama might not have a clue as to how to get his legislative way, but in his own private war against the indecency and incivility of politics, he is winning.
If ever there was any doubt that Barack Obama loves civics but hates politics, it was dispelled during the "fascinating" and "groundbreaking" exchange Obama had with the Republicans last Tuesday. This is a president who blames the media for trivializing politics at the same time he is abandoning politics for media-savvy talk-a-thons which accomplish nothing.
Obama is Oprah with a presidential seal. Does he really think that posturing in front of the cameras is the antidote to haggling in the proverbial smoke-filled room?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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