Obama Discusses His 'Biggest Mistake In Office

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In an excerpt of an exclusive interview that will air Sunday night on CBS, President Obama spoke at length about what he sees as the most important misstep he has made in office.

"What do you think the lesson has been that might guarantee success in the second term, if that happened?" interviewer Charlie Rose asked Obama. He responded:

"The mistake of my first term —a couple of years — was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right. And that's important, but the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times. It's funny, when I ran, people said, 'Well, he can give a great speech, but can he actually manage the job?' And then in my first two years, I think the notion was, "Well, you know, he's been juggling and managing a lot of stuff, but where's the story that tells us where he's going?' And I think that was a legitimate criticism."

After the soaring rhetoric that marked his historic 2008 campaign, Obama has often been criticized, mostly by his liberal base, for a failure to communicate effectively with the American public. The way the Romney campaign sees it, though, that's hardly the president's biggest problem. It released a statement in response to Obama's remarks:

President Obama believes that millions of Americans have lost their homes, their jobs and their livelihood because he failed to tell a good story. Being president is not about telling stories. Being president is about leading, and President Obama has failed to lead. No wonder Americans are losing faith in his presidency.

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[Saint]

Wow, and that was his biggest mistake, I think it was his agenda all along, he wants to take the American people down and destroy this country. Hello, hope your not voting to let this guy have a second shot at his dream. Oh yes He has a dream, and it's not good. Get out and vote him out.

[Lutie]

Oh wait I can't stop laughing. Hmmm I do have that warm fuzzy feeling of togetherness and unity.

[jgreene]

As a free market fiscal conservative i can honestly say that i have never disliked anyone for their political beliefs until now.....Bill Clinton held the office for 8 years and did not create this kind of hatred....Obama has definitly split this country in half and changed the entire fabric of our society....well time to get to work and make some evil profits today...

[LDJ]

I have a story for you POTUS, and it ain't pretty !!! nor do I think telling us all a bed time story will make up for your lack of true leadership. Go Back to Chicago PLEASE.

[countryroads]

Nope, taking the Oath was his biggist mistake. But we are locked in a spiral of worthless do nothings appling for the job.

[Captjohn]

Obama's objective all along was to follow the Cloward and Piven model of increasing the welfare roles to such a point that it will collapse the system from within. Sound familiar? In Obama's mind the only mistake he's made in the last three and a half years was having a nation that's just too stupid to understand what he's trying to do for (actually, to) them. AFter all, just ask the state-run media that fawns over him....he's the smartest man to ever walk the face of the earth! It's enough to make you sick to your stomach.