Reply #25: K & R! Boy, I'm tired of hearing people here say that over and over again

[Proud Liberal Dem]

I think, however, that some people equate "strong-arming", cajoling, demanding, and/or threatening to veto bills that don't have "x, y, or z" with "leadership" when the two actually have little or nothing to do with each other and anybody who's read his book knows that none of those things appear to be part of his "style". OTOH, none of us are privy to anything going on behind closed doors, so maybe he is being more aggressive and we won't know it from what we get from the corporate mediawhores. It definitely looks like Obama will be stepping up a bit more this upcoming week with his address regarding Health Care Reform and the WH may be (or may not be depending on which sources you read) drafting its own bill but it's not like, as you point out, he has been doing absolutely nothing this entire time and I believe that some of his aloofness and detachment has been far from accidental but rather designed to let Congress "have a say" in where this legislation goes, as well as allow the Republicans to "show themselves" and wear themselves out- leaving the circumstances ripe for him and the Democrats to win in the end. We won't, of course, know for sure until this is all over nor is anybody completely sure at this point what any final proposal might look like but I feel confident that Obama IS leading and that he knows what he is doing.