Reply #12: He's always been way stronger than the media portrays, a good editorial by Frank Rich in the [View All]

[WallStreetNobody]

New York Times today (yesterday?) spoke about how Obama deciding to forgo his earlier decision to take public financing when it became clear he could raise far more on his own was a great signal about how tough he was. He knew they'd use it against him, but it didn't matter because he knew lack of money was a big reason Democrats have lost before. It showed his strength, even though they would try to use it as a sign of him going back on his word (which technically wasn't the case anyway). They try to paint him as a wide-eyed idealist but at every turn he also proves to be the smartest guy in the room.