Ron Suskind on Obama's Evolution Amidst Unprecedented Economic and International Challenges

www.DemocracyNow.org - In the second part of Democracy Now!'s interview with veteran journalist Ron Suskind about his explosive new book, "Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President," he examines the challenges faced by President Obama, and his evolution as a leader. "You see the president grappling, often with great might, to try to get his arms around what is often an untenable situation," says Suskind. "He has a team around him with long Washington experience, and long histories with one another. The president meanwhile is ramping up at mock speed on very difficult and often very complex international issues, economic issues, for which there is no recent precedent." Suskind says Obama admits he suffers from the "policy wonk disease" and now aims to be more dynamic in telling the American people "who we are and where we're going."

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