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azstrummer — (archived)

When I described him as a non-politician, I didn't mean to say that he had no political skills. Actually, I've seen him use them when he needs to.

However, what we're seeing from Obama is the ability to have keen political skills when things get down and dirty, but to keep them in check and rely on logic, process, and the blunt truth at all other times. I see a lot of similarities in Steve Squyres. He doesn't hesitate to answer questions in a clear and non-political way and is able to describe highly technical science to neophytes.

We need to start looking away from how things have been done in the past in governmental positions. Sure it's nice to have pit bull skills but more often than not it results in what we're seeing in Illinois.

I wasn't talking about him as an interim replacement. I fully intended for him to be permanent.

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