THE QUESTION
The leader we need on health care?
Even before we know the outcome of the health care vote in the House, how would you rate President Obama's leadership on the issue?
Posted by Steve Pearlstein and Raju Narisetti on March 18, 2010 6:21 AM
FROM THE PANEL
The price of missed opportunity
Health-care has been an unnecessarily difficult struggle, providing fodder for Obama's opponents as the midterm elections draw nearer.
Posted by Yash Gupta, on March 18, 2010 2:44 PM
Obama's report card
Facts are important, but knowing what they mean is priceless. Obama's lowest grade comes in his management of health care's 'meaning.'
Posted by Katherine Tyler Scott, on March 18, 2010 2:29 PM
Struggling with his 'passions'
Our political system, not just our president, has failed to provide a platform for understanding on which we could all gather.
Posted by Alaina Love, on March 18, 2010 11:36 AM
Stop romanticizing leaders
Members from both parties have failed to put the nation's interests above their own political needs or aspirations.
Posted by Scott DeRue, on March 18, 2010 10:47 AM
Great vision, lousy execution
If Congress does pass health-care reform, the bill's eventual implementation will be fraught with more partisan bickering. That is the price of unclear leadership from the top.
Posted by John Baldoni, on March 18, 2010 10:36 AM
Two critical mistakes
By handing away the leadership to a Senate that lacked bipartisan leaders, Obama lost the momentum he had from his initial popularity.
Posted by Michael Maccoby, on March 18, 2010 6:35 AM
Disappointing performance
By aiming for unrealistic goals like bi-partisanship, Obama's initiative was more susceptible to failure and delays.
Posted by Coro Fellows, on March 18, 2010 1:58 AM
