Obama: I'm An Optimist -- Not A Sap

After a tough start to his Presidencey, President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with the National Journal. The National Journal makes the point that President Obama appears increasingly focused on ends, not means. My point is that this seems to be President Obama's modus operandi all along. In the interview President Obama said he is open to reaching across the aisle, but policy results matter. Here are some snippets of what he told the National Journal:

"My bottom line is not how pretty the process was."

"My bottom line was: Am I getting help to people who need it?"

He also added:

"I am an eternal optimist [but] that doesn't mean I'm a sap."

This article again points out that President Obama is open to consultation, compromise and readjusting his course to build inclusive coalitions, but will keep the results he intends to produce fixed. Not a bad plan in my estimation.

Palin's Third Interview

And it's not pretty. Sarah Palin was interviewed today by Katie Couric. Now Couric is probably a very nice lady, but she has not been known as a tough interviewer. She asks good questions, which should have been expected. It starts out bad when Palin gives pretty much the same answer to Couric's probing about Rick Davis. It gets worse though, Palin is in so far over her head, it isn't even funny. Watch especially at 4 minutes 30 seconds into the interview (video is below)

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Could interviews like this be the reason that the McCain Campaign is trying to postpone Friday's debate, and possibly short circuit the VP debate. CNN's Dana Bash revealed the McCain Campaign's suggested strategy of pushing the first Presidential debate back to October 2nd, the date of the VP debate. The VP debate would the be delayed until another time. Could they be attempting to have no VP debate.


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