"In his speech on Super Tuesday, and throughout much of his campaign, Mr. Obama talked so much about his candidacy in terms of a "movement" that he sometimes seemed more interested in organizing the country than in governing it. This week, in a subtle but significant shift, he hit on tax cuts and infrastructure, on the need to change the culture around education, on a national service program. He followed up Wednesday with a major economic address at a GM plant in Wisconsin, where he aggressively sought to put to rest some of the questions about whether there was substance behind the rhetoric. His proposals range from small, consumer-friendly innovations, like a rating system to assess the riskiness of credit card offers, to much more expansive public investment ideas, like a $60 billion fund for infrastructure projects and a $150 billion project to create jobs in alternative energy fields."

NYT

I think it needs to be clearly understood that Barack Obama knows the difference between PR and policy and appears to be competent in both arenas.


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