"Centrism and Compromise Were Central to Obama's Personal Philosophy from the Start"

"Cults of personality are bad. Movements need to be about the people, not a person. The West Wing view of politics is that you just need to get the smartest, most competent, most qualified, most virtuous people into government. But that means nothing without a substantive vision for change and an understanding of how you mobilize an authentic popular movement to make it happen."

Nathan J. Robinson at Current Affairs reads memoirs by members of the Obama administration.