Posted on 01/24/2011 2:56:18 PM PST by NormsRevenge
With Republicans controlling the House and with his 2012 re-election bid around the corner, President Obama has been on a quest for reinvention since last year's midterm elections.
His most public step has been to shake up the West Wing, including by hiring a new chief of staff and, soon, a new press secretary. But privately, Obama has tried to overcome the criticism that his White House has been too insular by soliciting advice from those outside his tight-knit inner circle.
Among those who have visited Obama in recent weeks, according to New York Magazine's John Heilemann: former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein, former President Bill Clinton and, perhaps most surprising, Matthew Dowd, a former top political strategist for George W. Bush.
It's unclear exactly what the two talked about Dowd didn't respond to an email from The Ticket seeking comment. But the former Bush adviser has more in common with Obama than one might expect. After all, Dowd was a Democratic strategist before he went to work for Bush. And in 2007, Dowd publicly broke with his former boss, calling him a "disappointment" over his handling of the war in Iraq and his "my way or the highway" method of governing in Washington.
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When POTUS concedes that passage of Obamacare was a mistake—ideally while apologizing for his role in cramming it down our throats—we’ll know he’s actually “reinvented” himself. Until then, any “changes” we observe are window-dressing.
No doubt Obama was behind the firing of Keith Olbermann: Obama IS the MSM.
Interesting how these dimoKKKRATS always have to find themselves or re-invent themselves. It was the same with Clintoon.
To reinvent himself, Obama reaches outside his inner circle
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