Yesterday I wrote about Obama's savvy, speak softly but carry a big, unobtrusive stick strategy for getting the key things he wants (Obama's Brilliant Strategy To Get His Transformative Policies Enacted).
Today, the NY Times' lead Web story both confirmed my thesis about the wisdom and likely effectiveness of Obama's approach and how its subtlety can be missed--including by the Times--in our macho, instant gratification, short attention span culture.
The challenge for the media, politicians, and all of us in fact, is that Obama represents not just, as it's widely reported, a change in temperament, tone and generation but also a change in how to use & display power. At 46, President Obama is the first President to grow up after the Feminist revolution had made its mark on society and he embodies many of its views on "male" vs. "female" power (and power displays).
Obama is our first post-Feminist President and this confuses the media ... and the GOP.
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