To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (740356 ) 9/18/2013 6:32:40 PM From: joseffy Respond to With his poll numbers falling and his second-term floundering so far, Obama has sought help from the former aides who helped catapult him to the presidency. according to The One he doesn't need any help. In fact, he's better than anyone he could hire: Obama had always had a high estimation of his ability to cast and run his operation. When David Plouffe, his campaign manager, first interviewed for a job with him in 2006, the senator gave him a warning: "I think I could probably do every job on the campaign better than the people I’ll hire to do it," he said. "It’s hard to give up control when that’s all I’ve known." Obama said nearly the same thing to Patrick Gaspard, whom he hired to be the campaign’s political director. "I think I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters," Obama told him. "I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director." So what's the problem now? It's been obvious ever since he came on the scene. He surrounds himself with people who actually believe he is "The One" who can do no wrong. Whatever he wants, he gets. (Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
