Legal Commentary

Feel Their Pain

By Big Tent Democrat

Politics is almost all BS. Unfortunately, to get to the non-BS - governing, you need to have good politicians. It so happens that President Barack Obama is a GREAT politician. But he is not great at the whole "feel their pain" part of it.

Charles Blow writes:

There are many things at which the president is extraordinarily gifted. Emoting isn’t one of them.

True dat. But what would be worse is if the President felt compelled to try and go Bill Clinton. That's not who he is. Some folks complain about this nonsense (and nonsense it is), but most of politics is nonsense. This is a different part of the nonsense (another part is the big inspiring speeches.) Politics is what it is. In terms of the President's policy and performance on Deep Water? I have not the first clue. But I knew that this situation was not going to fit his political skills very well. The best political move for the President is to do whatever he can to resolve the problem. Good governance is the best politics now. Feeling the pain is not the answer - certainly not for this President.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 29, 2010 (boomark / email).