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David Rothkopf
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In The Media
President Obama's "Honeymoon" Phase Over?
After enjoying months of good press coverage, President Obama’s honeymoon finally came to an end in July of 2009. As Obama now faces a number of tough policy challenges, increased public scrutiny is not necessarily a bad thing.
Published on Jul 10, 2009
Source: CBS's Washington Unplugged
After enjoying months of good press coverage in the U.S. and around the world, President Obama’s honeymoon finally came to an end in July of 2009. Speaking with Bob Schieffer on CBS News’s Washington Unplugged, David Rothkopf explained that the press is starting to scrutinize Obama more closely, now that the administration is starting to get down to the “nuts and bolts” of how to address difficult policy challenges that cannot be solved by presidential charisma alone.
According to Rothkopf, the end of the honeymoon is not a sign of any real problems for the administration; this is typical of the media’s relationship with a new president. In fact, the public may be better off now that Obama's long honeymoon is over. “You start being president with all of the responsibilities on day one,” Rothkopf says, “so this idea of a honeymoon is not really optimal from the perspective of the American people. The scrutiny needs to start on day one.”
About the Author
David Rothkopf
Former Visiting Scholar
David Rothkopf was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment as well as the former CEO and editor in chief of the FP Group.
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