Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Obama has found his spine [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)20. I used to by the 11 dimensional chess bit
And I don't.
Whether or not you are intellectually smart or politically smart doesn't make you great.
Sometimes you have to be politically "gut" and go with intuition to be a true leader.
I'm not trying to take anything away from him here in these decisions, either. They were LONG needed.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
59 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Yep! I find it amazing that lefties still think they are smarter or are ahead of PBO.
Kahuna
Jan 2012
#14
Oh brother. He never lost his spine. PBO is ninja. He's stealth. I find it amusing that
Kahuna
Jan 2012
#13
It was buried under all the campaign contributions from the corporations.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2012
#19
You won't get an answer. The goal is to smear people with strong Dem values.
ClassWarrior
Jan 2012
#36