This from Matt Taibbi:
Listening to Obama talk about jobs and shared prosperity yesterday reminded me that we are in campaign mode and Barack Obama has started doing again what he does best — play the part of a progressive. He’s good at it. It sounds like he has a natural affinity for union workers and ordinary people when he makes these speeches. But his policies are crafted by representatives of corporate/financial America, who happen to entirely make up his inner circle.
The amazing and sad thing to watch is how his schtick works. It’s a stupid country, and The One does to even have to try hard to fool people. It’s that easy.
Piece of Mindful 