He’s Flexible!
Jill Zuckman, writing in the Chicago Tribune, neatly
summarized the evolution of his thinking about running for President:
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Last January, on "Meet the Press," Obama told
Russert, "I will serve out my full six-year term," adding that his
thinking had not changed since he took office.
"So you will not run for president or vice president in
2008?" Russert asked.
"I will not," Obama said.
In May, he told the Tribune that "there are people who
think I should make an announcement tomorrow that I’m running for the
presidency.”
"I tell them," he said, "that I’m focusing on
my job as a senator from Illinois."
Now, however, he has told Time that he will revisit the
question in November.
"When the election is over and my book tour is done, I
will think about how I can be most useful to the country and how I can
reconcile that with being a good dad and a good husband," Obama said.
"I haven’t completely decided or unraveled that puzzle yet."
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Pro: a successful President must be flexible enough to
reconsider policy in light of changing events. (Are you listening, George
W. Bush?)
Con: the guy’s a standard-issue politico, just like
McCain said in the ethics flap in 2005.
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