“I’m as pissed off as anyone watching D.C. not work. We’re in this horrible period when no one wants to practice politics,” said Chuck Todd, the new host of NBC’s Meet the Press. I couldn’t help but note this pullout quote from Roger Yu’s piece on Todd in USA Today.
I am reminded of an old one-liner about a patient who read a bio about his doctor entering the practice of medicine. He later told the doctor he was uncomfortable having a doctor who is still practicing.
I found Todd’s quote to be a somewhat naïve observation for someone who has covered the White House for some time. Surely he has seen how President Obama considers the political ramifications of everything he says and does. In his book, Defense Secretary Robert Gates recounted the conversation of Hillary Clinton telling Obama she made a political decision during the 2008 campaign to be anti-war because of his position. Continue reading