Andrew Sullivan's Pep Talk for POTUS
Here's what President Barack Obama looks like from a point of view that is likely different from yours:
This, after all, is a president who has ended the war in Iraq, killed Osama bin Laden, passed universal health insurance, rescued Detroit, stabilized an economy in free-fall, dispatched Qaddafi, deftly presided over a democratic transformation in the Middle East, and guided the political system toward a far more honest assessment of our fiscal crisis. He has quite a story to tell. He just needs the audacity to tell it.
Well, tonight we'll see the first attempt. What ultimately forges a presidency is how it responds to the moment when it is getting pummeled. Good luck, Mr President. This time, you'll need it.
I wrote about Sullivan defending bailout economics and giving Obama "the benefit of the doubt" one year ago.