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Barack Obama: Not an "Operating Officer"

I approved of this quote the first time I heard it. (Think of the contrast between Ronald Reagan's image, and the caricature of Jimmy Carter overhauling the White House tennis court schedule.)

But then Mickey Kaus had to go convince me otherwise:

there are cris[e]s requiring quick, coordinated action, and the type of leader who can act effectively in a crisis is likely to be a good "operating officer" rather than a visionary

Obama would make a fantastic peacetime president.