President Obama and the political perils of summer vacation - The Fix - The Washington Post

Algo no muy distinto a lo que pasa en el país:

The refusal to change plans reflects a broader approach to politics that Obama and his political team adopted during the 2008 campaign. In that race, the senior lieutenants in Obama world became convinced that the political chattering class in D.C. was badly out of touch with everyday Americans and that allowing the latter group to dictate the political rules was a recipe for defeat.

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