PK: >> The real question is what Mr. Obama and his inner circle are thinking. >> Do they really believe, after all this time, that gestures of >> appeasement to the G.O.P. will elicit a good-faith response?
Doug Henwood: > Well Obama did say the other day that he hadn't reached out enough to > Republicans. I have some friends who argue that Obama is a one-term president and thus can (and _should_) try to shake things up, reform the system, build the power of the DP for the future, etc., because he's really got nothing to lose politically. It's clear that BHO didn't get that message. In some ways he seems like a disappointed rationalist, who first tried to convince the politicians with reason and then decided that all he could do was subordinate reason to the power of the politicians. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
