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NYT's Carolyn Ryan: Obama "unable to absorb or confront" the fact he is unpopular
On Meet the Press, the NYT's Carolyn Ryan said that Obama is unable to deal with the fact that he is that he is unpopular in red ...
About Carolyn Ryan
In September 2015, New York Times managing editor Carolyn Ryan appeared on Meet the Press and discussed President Barack Obama's political standing. Ryan said that Obama was "unable to confront and absorb the fact that he's unpopular" in certain states, including some purple states, and that he "keeps kind of pushing himself out there." She also stated that "all presidents have egos and they tend to be oversized but surprisingly fragile," adding that this dynamic was part of what she observed in the president's behavior.
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Boy, that second ad there, Kay Hagan. That was her voice narrating an NRSC ad, which I'm going to get into in a minute. By the way, a Republican Party ad on that same issue that they've been hitting her on. That is a powerful ad. And the whole question of the relationship between Democrats in the Senate and the president right now is fascinating, especially because he seems to be kind of inserting himself and creating more problems for them. I find this... you had a great story in the Times this morning: the backbiting has already begun, the finger pointing, the blame game. Democrats, blind quotes, blaming the White House for all their problems. I find the psychology of this most fascinating, right? Because you have President Obama, who was this ascendant politician, wanted to be a transcendent politician. Now it seems like he's unable to confront and absorb the fact that he's unpopular in these states, some of them purple states, and he keeps kind of pushing himself out there. And you know, all presidents have egos, and they tend to be oversized but surprisingly fragile. And that's part of what we're seeing.