Reply #364: Here's a link to the article that changed my mind forever about Obama's methods...

[Hekate]

Perhaps it will help you see why I say what I do, or perhaps it will fall flat for you. But the more time goes on, the more I see President Obama's behavior through this lens. He wins in the end. He fulfills his promises in the end.

Obama seems to get most of what he wants by giving some of it up, I've noticed. But he doesn't give up much and he reserves the right to come back for it another day.

He plays rope-a-dope with his foes, according to Andrew Sullivan. It seems to be working on Dick Cheney...

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/05/the-ropeadope-again.html
and the original
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/andrew_sullivan/article4925049.ece

Keep calling and writing your congresscritters -- that's our part in this dance.

Hekate