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Re: David Brooks to Obama: Less of your shucking and jiving, please.
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Originally Posted by Penske 2.0
So just because Reagan had similarly low numbers at the same point in his presidency justifies their management of perceptions? Maybe Reagan's team fucked up too, is that possible? Let's call David Stockman and ask him if Reagan made any mistakes in the first couple of years. Maybe I'm overly optimistic but I were president I would shoot for a higher ideal rather than marginalizing my expectations to the mediocrity of my predecessors. You goal setting may be done differently.
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I care much more about their management of reality than their management of perceptions. I think Obama fucked up by appointing a conservative Republican, Ben Bernanke, to the most important economic policy job in the country. I think he set the bar too low on stimulus and didn't come away with enough. I think his administration fucked up the HAMP program. Those are all things that really matter. How he managed perceptions? Really?
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