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But an ability to argue about, and understand, the fine detail within government is v. important. Clinton was ready (even eager) to discuss with his advisers the fine detail of many aspects of the govt machine - but knew that, as a public President, his job was always explaining the big picture.

 What Brown and many like him do not get, is that being a number-spewing leader is not impressive to most of the electorate.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Jun 21st, 2009 at 05:40:25 AM EST
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As always I'd argue there's a large ground between no involvement and Brown's nit-picking that many would consider reasonable.

Nothing I've read about Brown suggests that what he does is reasonable. He doesn't just engage with heads of department about what he wants done, he will engage in correspondence at fairly junior levels. Which is absurd.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jun 21st, 2009 at 06:02:54 AM EST
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