in fairness to him we don t do that here. we don t do in fairness to him. the romney campaign is locked in their headquarters saying how do we humanize this guy? how do we make a narrative of his life that comports with the experience of average americans? it s not bain capital. the power point thing doesn t work. so on the personal level, he s been afraid of the mormon thing because it s the mormons. but a matter of fact, people who know him well and know about his work as a leader in the mormon church, where, in fact, he did have to deal with individual problems, did have to get involved with the emotions of people is actually a very stirring thing. but they should have thought of that by now. i don t know that it s too late. but for him i don t want to be too secular about this. that is an important message. that is the core whof he is. is he still the favorite? yes. yes. thank you. thank you david gregory and howard fineman. a little slower there.
religious organizations on women s health? people have face-to-face interactions. flr was a master, bill clinton was analytical, appears obama has modes of strength. one is reading internet, magazines, whatever the other is executive-type meetings. i didn t write about it in this article, there are things i left out, a friend of mine who is a successful business executive says he has good managerial t temp temperament, a broad osmosis. no bull sessions, no sitting around, he would never invite a couple senators to talk about things at night. that s true. we remembered how bill clinton did all kind of thing, obama more of a he would be calling people at
were facing other financial distress. losing their homes. and i found that those kind of circumstances were not just about money or numbers. they were about lives and about emotions. sometimes marriages suffered. sometimes people became depressed. clinically depressed. being out of work a long time is a real threat and challenge to human happiness. and i feel this president has let us down. what job is he running for? what was that an application for? in fairness to him we don t do that here. we don t do in fairness to him. the romney campaign is locked in their headquarters saying how do we humanize this guy? how do we make a narrative of his life that comports with the experience of average americans? it s not bain capital. the power point thing doesn t work. so on the personal level, he s been afraid of the mormon thing because it s the mormons. but a matter of fact, people who know him well and know about his work as a leader in the mormon
big question. james fallows joins us now to answer. so what is the answer? the answer is he s becoming more of a master. one of the premises i start with is every president comes in flawed in various ways. you and i worked for jimmy carter. we recall that. but they all have limitations. nobody can do all the thing wells the job requires. the question is, do they get better. he says he s getting better. i argue he is. the way he handles the congress, more sophistication about the politics, more comfortable making economic arguments which were his weak point, and arguing foreign policy, he had a how do you explain the fact i supported as well as so many other people because he was against the iraq war, seemed like, real sensitivity yet he has been aggressive, disheartening, also, very
chris, this is crazy talk. it s absolutely crazy talk. and i just want to touch on a couple things that tony said. first of all, this president has celebrated the national day of prayer. he s gone to court to defend it. that s one thing. second of all, he has expanded the office of faith-based initiatives, and he has also offended his secular base by continuing the bush administration policy that lets people who get that funding, taxpayer funding, discriminate against people who don t practice that faith. they can even not hire people like single moms or gay men who practice things against the church. obama went along with that. he issued an executive order. really deeply offending his base. he also put stimulus money into churches through the office of faith-based initiatives. the catholic charities usa said he s done more for faith-based initiatives than president bush who started and expanded the program.