A Failure to Communicate ; Obama, Not Pelosi, Was the One Who Failed

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P resident Obama is under attack for saying one thing that is true. He acknowledged on "60 Minutes" on Sunday that he failed at "making an argument that people can understand" in support of his policies, health care reform chief among them.

Disregard the shocking insult to his constituents' collective intelligence in the above comment, which one can only presume was unintentional. The remark is spot-on, despite the chorus of jeers with which it has been received. Mr. Obama is a man who turned a short and relatively uneventful life into two memoirs and one of the most compelling campaign narratives in American political history. But over the past two years, he somehow lost the ability to make a cogent argument in support of his legislative agenda.

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A Failure to Communicate ; Obama, Not Pelosi, Was the One Who Failed

Mr. Obama reportedly inaugurated his presidency in January 2009 by boasting to Republicans behind closed doors, "I won." A year later, an exasperated Mr. Obama, perhaps realizing the healt...

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