What if Obama was a policy wonky technocrat?

[bluestateguy]

Well, then MSM would bitch about how "wooden" and "boring" he is. "He's not engaging and 'connecting' with the people".

You just can't win.

[scheming daemons]

1. "you just can't win"

Yes you can.... and he IS.

[Radical Activist]

2. Yes, he is.

Its a meme that will persist despite all evidence to the contrary.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. I'm sure he is.

For better or worse.

Every Dem in this cycle is/was a wonk.

None of the Pugs are.

That's the whole fucking point.

[cali]

4. He IS a policy wonk

I hear Gary Hart talking about how that's one reason he endorsed him.

[cali]

5. He IS a policy wonk

I hear Gary Hart talking about how that's one reason he endorsed him.

[Egnever]

12. Yup , thats why clinton keeps getting surprised in the debates

Everyone underestimates him, Too many see only the lofty speeches and dismiss the fact that he is a total wonk fest in his heart. I read he had to put fewer details in his speeches when he first started running cause he was putting people to sleep with the details.

[bunnies]

6. What if it rained orange juice?

why bother.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. with or without pulp?

[bunnies]

11. Without!

I hate having to chew my juice. :hi:

[maxsolomon]

7. he's a wonk, but handsome & TV-thin

he's just what we need. to beat the GOP.

[grantcart]

9. When he started out it was suggested that he couldn't win because

he was too cerebrial - another Adlai Stevenson

too mired in detail

not black enough

etc

[hedgehog]

10. He IS a policy wonky technocrat! I listened to his town hall in Beaumont

and in the space of a few minutes he talked about the need to properly manage asthma to avoid visits to the ER and the need to restore coastal wetlands to protect Gulf Coast cities from hurricanes, not to mention exhorting his audience to replace their incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents!