So timid.. but a step in the right direction.

Good on paper - timid on delivery.

A couple of afterthoughts from yesterday’s presser:

• Content was good. Centrist, obvious facts about the disease of greed and theft that is plaguing America.
• Good focus on where the problem lies. The 1% wants everything – at all cost.
• A timid, but ok delivery. Very defensive in pointing out simple things that 70-80% of the country are supportive of.
• Finally using the bully pulpit – it’s a strong tool. The people elected him to lead and make choices, so folks listen.

Now for some problems:

• Way too careful and scared.
• You can’t appeal to reason – if the others want different things.
• He has the support, he has the formal power – but he’s uncomfortable with confrontation. At this point, that is a personal trait that in part could spark another financial crises, and add a few more years in the slump.
• Take-away impressions in terms of the pending deadlines – he’ll cave to half-way solutions and postpone the bigger fights of reversing theft from the people and corruption in government.

But somehow, even if he seemed uncomfortable with the format, and somewhat forced – the presidential office is strong – so the process was probably moved a little bit towards improvement yesterday. Maybe not this summer, but a small step towards calling out this handful of people playing with the country and suffering the diseases of greed. At the expense of everybody.

Newsweek seems to be getting better again..

After some noisy covers when they switched editors – it looks like Newsweek is calming down a bit, regaining focus on facts and the bigger picture.

The articles seemed better too – interesting stuff about John Kerry’s future prospects and Paktistans doubling of nukes.

All in all an enjoyable read, with a cup of coffee.