The not-so-great communicator
Barack Obamas light Christmas reading back in 2010 was Lou Cannons biography of Ronald Reagan  920 pages on the political storyteller Obama admired most, to the profound annoyance of his Maddow-loving base.
Obamas aides cant quite remember whether the boss ever finished it. Even if he did, no one would ever mistake Obama  an electrifying speaker with the rare capacity, at times, to spin emotion and intellect into rhetorical gold  for the Great Communicator.
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