Posted on 11/05/2010 6:03:02 AM PDT by randita
Nov. 5, 2010
Obama: "Leadership Isn't Just Legislation"
After Midterm Defeat, Humbled President Acknowledges Failures in Exclusive "60 Minutes" Interview
(CBS) After a suffering a "shellacking" in the midterm elections, President Obama acknowledges what many have seen as his chief weakness - failing to sell the importance of several legislative milestones to the American people.
"I think that's a fair argument. I think that, over the course of two years we were so busy and so focused on getting a bunch of stuff done that, we stopped paying attention to the fact that leadership isn't just legislation. That it's a matter of persuading people. And giving them confidence and bringing them together. And setting a tone," Mr. Obama told 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft in an exclusive interview set to air Sunday. (See clip below)
"Making an argument that people can understand," Mr. Obama continued, "I think that we haven't always been successful at that. And I take personal responsibility for that. And it's something that I've got to examine carefully … as I go forward."
Republicans enjoyed significant victories Tuesday, wresting control of the House of Representatives from the Democrats and picking up six seats in the Senate, as frustration over the economy drove voter sentiment.
A humbled Mr. Obama, who termed the defeat a "shellacking" during a postelection press conference Wednesday, must now grapple with an emboldened and empowered political enemy with its sights set on undoing much of what he accomplished in the last two years - including an effort to repeal his signature achievement, health care reform, reports CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante.
Watch the entire exclusive interview with President Obama on 60 Minutes this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
“I should have been on TV more.” Brilliant.
I can’t read this one or I will hurl and I just cleaned my keyboard.
It’s what Soros told him to say. This asshat doesn’t have a clue.
They couldn’t sell the Legislation, because there is no market for Dog Poo.
They knew that. That is why they shoved it down our throats.
Now we have top hack it up.
You know, I totally agree with Obama: he was not good enough of a salesman to convince the American public that a steam pile of Marxist horse doody was actually a gleaming pile of golden prosperity!
I think it is increasingly likely that Obama will see this as his only chance to completely overwhelm the system. His next two years will be more of the first two as he and Pelosi shove everything they can into the pipeline. I’ve always thought that he would be completely fine with one term if it meant he did enough damage to get the real job done, namely, setting the stage for a “progressive” revamping of the nation.
The first thing that needs to be done to build up this socialist dreamland of his is to destroy the existing system. In his mind, if he does that, he will be seen as a “transformational” president, our own Lenin, Stalin or Mao. And he will leave office and spend the rest of his life being paid millions to speak before adoring crowds, which is what he really wants to do.
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