Prompted in part by Kos' post this morning about Sen. Obama’s consensus strategy, I’ve been thinking about leadership in the context of the war and all the other issues facing the 44th President.
Having oppsed the war from the outset, Obama is well-positioned to call for compromise as part of a pragmatic effort to ramp down the war, without calling for withdrawal, having opposed the war from the outset. But, as seems to be the larger theme he endeavors to create, Obama is seeking to demonstrate an ability to work in a bipartisan, "common sense" way to find solutions to our nation’s ills.
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