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MICHAEL BARONE: Obama?s governance style. ?First, Obama likes to execute long-range strategies but?

By Glenn Reynolds

MICHAEL BARONE: Obama’s governance style. “First, Obama likes to execute long-range strategies but suffers from cognitive dissonance when new facts render them inappropriate. His 2008 campaign was a largely flawless execution of a smart strategy, but he was flummoxed momentarily when the Russians invaded Georgia and when John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate. On domestic policy, he has been executing his long-range strategy of vastly expanding government, but may be encountering problems as voters show unease at huge increases on spending. His long-range strategy of propitiating America?s enemies has been undercut by North Korea?s missile launches and demonstrations in Iran against the mullah regime?s apparent election fraud.” Read the whole thing.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).