From Doris Kearns Goodwin to David Broder everyone is writing the presidential biography of Barack Obama before he has taken office. It seems he is already in the history books as one of America’s great leaders.
Watching all of the Sunday talk shows and all the others since Barack Obama’s election there was one constant theme. This man has been ascribed with too much power. Too many people seem to believe that he will somehow make everything right in the world.
Fareed Zakaria’s GPS had four very scholarly men (Robert Caro, Walter Isaacson, Jon Meacham and Joseph Ellis) in a round table discussion about the Obama presidency. All of them seemed to believe that he will be the messiah to fix all things troubling our nation.
On 60 Minutes there was an interview with the four core people (David Plouffe, David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs, and Anita Dunn) who managed the Obama campaign. They coolly advised Steve Kroft, that they knew Barack Obama to be the wise man who could lead this country to new heights even before the campaign had started.
Yes, I did vote for Barack Obama. It’s just too early to credit him with glorious success.
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