Reply #124: Excellent piece...except for one thing.

[cliffordu]

A timeline.

he's been in office under 100 days....

He's had to sell a massive bailout package, fill a cabinet,

Now the budget gets fought out and once that passes he will be able to turn his FULL TIME attention to these other things....


Understand that controlling the message is as important as any part of what you listed from his perspective - Clinton lost the message to the repubs with the DNDT fuckup because that was all the media would talk about...And he necer got it back...The right understands message control is the game....although they've been flummoxed by the world heavyweight champ of message control that is Our President.

The reason Obama has been on television talking to us directly more than any other Pres. is to DOMINATE the message...He cannot have the media endlessly speculating and bloviating on prosecution of Cheney when he's trying to shame the senate into actually acting like part of the Congress and passing his budget....

He moved slow and steady on each piece he presented to the public. He presented the stimulus three times in public in large televised forums. And it (mostly) passed


When the budget passes he'll have three and half years to resolve the rest of your list....

And I believe we'll see him moving slowly, presenting the evidence in pressers and then getting the job done.


Dominate the message, talk directly to the people, get stuff done.

He is nobody's tool.