Shock and Awe… I know it shouldn’t matter. After three and a half years, we?re all well aware of the president?s peculiar style of leadership–his aggressive ignorance, the cocky way he asserts obvious falsehoods, his seeming indifference to the negative consequences of his policies. We?ve long incorporated these qualities into our estimation of the man. Either we think they?re intolerable and want him out of office, or we think they?re forgivable, acceptable, even charming, and want him to stay. Either way, they shouldn?t come anymore as a shock.
And yet they do.
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Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is a co-founder of the National Vote at Home Institute and co-author of two books, “The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You,” and “Elephant in the Room: Washington in the Bush Years.” He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications.
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