Politics is the art of the possible, so compromise is a must. For Obama the problem, surprisingly, is the vision thing. Not the vision of peace, the vision that goes beyond race and beyond national chauvinism; but the vision to persuade people that he has got the fire to claw back what we have lost in the years of conservative ascendancy - now that the right has got its mojo back.
This piece in the Times is worth a look. It is comments by several observers.
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