As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to bring a different, better kind of leadership to the dysfunctional capital. He’d make government more efficient, accountable and transparent. He’d rise above the “small-ball” nature of doing business. And he’d work with Republicans to break Washington paralysis. You can trust me, Obama said back in 2008. And – for a while, at least – a good piece of the country did. A series of mounting controversies is exposing both the risks of political promise-making and the limits of national-level governing while undercutting the core assurance Obama made from the outset: that he and his administration would behave differently. Obama has waning opportunities to turn it around. He’s halfway through his fifth year, and with midterm elections next fall, there’s no time to waste. If he can’t convince the American people that they can trust him, he could end up damaging the legacy he has worked so hard to control and shape – and be remembered, even by those who once supported him, as the very opposite of the different type of leader he promised to be. Read full article here... theblaze/stories/2013/06/10/the-scathing-obama-column-written-by-an-associated-press-editor-with-big-promises-often-come-big-failures/
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:13:04 +0000