Time's Editor in Chief to Joe Klein...

Hey Joe, I need to see you when you're finished humping Obama's leg...

in reference to:

"Does this matter? In a high-minded, policy-driven world, it wouldn't. But we don't live there. The presidency exists in a show-biz maelstrom — especially now, with an opposition party that simply refuses to participate in governing the country, barnacled special interests that detour and distend any attempts at major legislation, and noxious, shortsighted media that convey heat more accurately than they do light. In such an atmosphere, the President has to convey a little heat too. He has to be as concerned with stagecraft, political appearances, feel-your-pain empathy as he is with substance. That seems like an effort for Obama. In his first meeting with aides on his Nobel morning, he skipped past the political question — How could they react to the perception that the prize was premature? — to the heart of the matter: What was the rationale for a war President to receive a peace prize? This led directly to the most memorable passage of his Nobel lecture, about the need to combat the evil that exists in the world, a passage celebrated by his domestic friends and foes alike. But his eloquence will be remembered fondly in history only if Obama himself is — and not just as the first of his race but as one who led the nation through a difficult time. "To lead successfully," an Administration official told me, "you have to convince people that you're with them, that you get their problems right down to your gut." Two days after we spoke in the Oval Office, the President gave a lovely speech — the kind he does so well — at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in Washington. He even lifted the mask a bit. "You know, folks ask me sometimes why I look so calm." The audience laughed, and he continued, "They say, All this stuff coming at you, how come you just seem calm? And I have a confession to make here. There are times where I'm not so calm ... There are times when progress seems too slow. There are times when the words that are spoken about me hurt. There are times when the barbs sting. There are times when it feels like all these efforts are for naught, and change is so painfully slow in coming, and I have to confront my own doubts. But let me tell you — during those times, it's faith that keeps me calm.""
- Starting Over: Can Obama Revive His Agenda? - TIME (view on Google Sidewiki)