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Obama, The Man Who Used To Walk On Water - The Economist

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AN AMERICAN president’s most important power is not the veto pen or the ability to launch missiles. It is the bully pulpit. When a president speaks, the world listens. That is why Barack Obama’s credibility matters. If people do not believe what he says, his power to shape events withers. And recent events have seriously shaken people’s belief in Mr Obama. At home, the chaos of his health reform has made it harder for him to get anything else done. Abroad, he is seen as weak and disengaged, to the frustration of America’s allies. The report is basically blaming Obama for alot of the problems America and Americans are facing today, calling his credibility to questions.  Read the rest =The Economist

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