"What Happened to Obama's Passion?"

This opinion piece in the New York Times by Drew Westen (August 7, 2011) really stuck in my mind; I agree with him that storytelling was critical to Obama's election, and that most people are ruled in their hearts by narrative.  Since I really do believe this, his piece - and please read it! - makes me very, very, very sick and sad at the opportunities lost.

A rebuttal in the New Republic helped me balance things a bit.

But I still suspect Westen's right.