The American people tell you the narrative. They look at the facts produced by your leadership, make a judgment and sum it up. The summation is spoken—the story told—at a million barbecues in a million back yards.
The narrative on the president right now is: He's not a bad guy, but it hasn't worked.
Some people will vote for him anyway, some won't. But all, actually, know it hasn't worked. That's the narrative.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Noonan: Obama Hasn't Worked
The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, once a speech writer for Ronald Reagan, is critical of several things badly communicated: the U.S. Olympics uniforms, the Romney tax returns, and the president's failed attempt to talk about how we're all in this together. I particularly like this quote:
