On September 28, 2009
The Sales Secrets of Barack Obama
Roger Simon’s recent op-ed column “The Depth of a Salesman” points out that Obama spends more time and effort selling his ideas to the public than any recent president. Here’s an excerpt from the column: He is doing record-setting numbers of interviews and appearances. Turn on the TV, and he is there: a town hall, an address to Congress, the talk shows (five, count ’em, five on one Sunday), an interview with David Letterman, a speech at the United Nations. If you follow politics, you no longer watch television. You watch Obamavision. This has unsettled some who feel a president should hold something in reserve. George W. Bush certainly did. He was a “CEO-style” president. He delegated. Policies, decisions, invasions….
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