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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (291580)	2/8/2009 9:24:56 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793772

Nadine - I vigorously disagree. Everything I can see is that Obama talks nice and acts hard! The public superficial face is kind and gentle. The political action is full up partisan viscous. Occasionally we get a glimpse of what he truly thinks - remember the guns and religion comments in SF? Is that what the guy really thinks - I think so - not the sweet moderate in public. We will see in time if I am correct. Well we disagree, but not so vigorously as you think. I'm not saying that Obama is really a moderate. I'm saying that Obama was under the illusion that he could just charm the Republicans into going along with him. Well, he's now learned the limits of charm the hard way. I doubt that the form of the stimulus bill was Obama's choice. He has seemed intelligent and disciplined enough to know that this was overreach; however, he let it happen, and the jury's still out whether this was inclination or weakness. I'm leaning toward believing that this was Nancy Pelosi's misjudgment, not Obama's. But I'm not sure. Obama has presented himself in contradictory ways until now: both a left-winger and a post-partisan candidate. Both you and I suspect the first is closer to the truth. But I think Obama may still harbor illusions that he can achieve a post-partisan consensus on charisma alone (why not, look where charisma has gotten him so far). But to govern is to choose, and we will know him by his choices. Obama knew how to "act hard" when it came to throwing his opponents off the ballot in Chicago. But I don't know if he knows how to "act hard" in Washington. Remember, this is his first executive job. And he was only in the Senate for about a year before he began to run.