Brooks asks: How would someone so calm actually govern?
(NEWSER) - Barack Obama, like LBJ and Bill Clinton, may rise from an outsider's position to the highest echelon of American politics. But while those presidents sought power for respect or public adoration, writes David Brooks, Obama exudes an "untroubled self-confidence" in the mold of FDR and Ronald Reagan. Watching Obama's cool-as-a-cucumber campaign, the New York Times columnist wonders how his equanimity would serve him in the White House. More»
