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Obama: Health Reform and the Leadership of Nuts & Bolts

obamaBy Guest Contributor: William Sonnenstuhl

William Sonnenstuhl, professor at Cornell University, maintains that the time has come for President Obama to take charge of the nuts and bolts.

Leaders need to know when to talk nuts and bolts and when to talk ideology. President Obama’s speech on health care was a middle-of-the-road argument targeted on uniting the conservative and progressive wings of the Democratic Party with a bit of give-the-Republicans-Hell for their obstructionist behavior and scare tactics thrown in to keep everyone’s emotions revved up….