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- May 22, 2010
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Washington (AP) – President Barack Obama is acknowledging in the wake of this week’s election rout that he hasn’t been able to successfully promote his economic-rescue message to anxious Americans.
Obama says in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he “stopped paying attention” to the leadership style he displayed during his run for the presidency.
Obama also said he recognizes now that “leadership is not just legislation,” and that “it’s a matter of persuading people. And giving them confidence and bringing them together. And setting a tone. And making an argument that people can understand.”
“And I think that – we haven’t always been successful at that,” he said. “And I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I’ve got to examine closely as I go forward.”
The president recorded the interview, to be broadcast in full with CBS’s Steve Kroft on Sunday night, before leaving on a 10-day trip to Asia.
Obama said that’s the response he’s giving to “some of my Democratic supporters who express some frustration.”
Let's see:
non-stop vacations.................... check
54+ rounds of golf ......................check
BP oil spill response .....................check
Open borders .............................check
Turning Arizona over to the UN dogs check
(59%) of those who voted favor repeal of the national health care bill ((Rasmussen) .......check
Got it.........
Obama says in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he “stopped paying attention” to the leadership style he displayed during his run for the presidency.
Obama also said he recognizes now that “leadership is not just legislation,” and that “it’s a matter of persuading people. And giving them confidence and bringing them together. And setting a tone. And making an argument that people can understand.”
“And I think that – we haven’t always been successful at that,” he said. “And I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I’ve got to examine closely as I go forward.”
The president recorded the interview, to be broadcast in full with CBS’s Steve Kroft on Sunday night, before leaving on a 10-day trip to Asia.
Obama said that’s the response he’s giving to “some of my Democratic supporters who express some frustration.”
Let's see:
non-stop vacations.................... check
54+ rounds of golf ......................check
BP oil spill response .....................check
Open borders .............................check
Turning Arizona over to the UN dogs check
(59%) of those who voted favor repeal of the national health care bill ((Rasmussen) .......check
Got it.........
