Obama’s emerging style involves removing his suit jacket, sitting down face-to-face, taking his professorial time to explain (often with broad hand gestures) why the bill would be good for the country and the people.
He defuses the measure’s even significant imperfections by acknowledging them up front and promising to work, like the fellow legislator he once was, to fix and, enticingly, even broaden them over time.
The 6-foot-1 Obama also devotes considerable time to describing in some detail the efforts he’s personally put into pushing for passage, the many other important people like his current visitor that he’s talked with and how he’s directly addressed their concerns as he willingly will any others.
The president invites his target to describe what he/she needs to support the bill, often responding with a repetition of how good the legislation would be for the people of their district and his desire to visit there sometime.
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