Actions Speak Louder Than Words
When Barack Obama was optimistically and whole-heartedly swept into office following wide-scale disaffection with the Bush administration, his reputation had been built on his rhetorical skill and an ability to captivate and inspire audiences.
Some went as far as to describe him as the greatest orator of his generation.
But when I was in New York a month ago the tide appeared to have turned. Suddenly there was a feeling that the President was too cerebral, too consensus-orientated, too aloof and strangely too professional. He was standing alone and swimming against the tide; fighting to pass the health reform legislation almost single-handedly, with the result being far from certain.