Bob Woodward Writing on Obama

As much as I love Obama, you have to admit that most libraries are going to have to build new wings just for all the PBO books. Via Taegan-

Since the inauguration, Bob Woodward has been quietly reporting a new book on the Obama White House, according to the New Republic.

Said Woodward: "I'm in the preliminary stages of working on it. I'm working on it and making progress."

The White House says, at least officially, it is not adopting a special press strategy to respond to Woodward.

Woodward: "Nanny problems not over for ObamAdministration"

By GottaLaff

I beg your pardon?

"This may be tantalizing but vague. I don't think the nanny or household tax problems and so forth are over for the Obama administration..."

-- Washington Post investigative reporter Bob Woodward, appearing on the Chris Matthews Show yesterday, but refusing to give more details.

Bob Woodward's 10 lessons Obama should learn from the last 8 years

By GottaLaff

What happened?

Professor Woodward has a List-O'-Lessons for Team Obama. I wonder when Woodward himself learned them, considering his books ranged from fawning to critical. It didn't take most of us years to figure BushCo out, but oh well, we didn't write bestsellers.

Apparently Professor Bob still fancies himself to be the ultimate Sagacity-Infused Guru when it comes to all things Chimpenfuhrer:

In today's must-read piece, Bob Woodward, who wrote four books on the Bush presidency, offers ten lessons that President-elect Obama and his team should take away from the last eight years.

1. Presidents set the tone. Don't be passive or tolerate virulent divisions.

2. The president must insist that everyone speak out loud in front of the others, even -- or especially -- when there are vehement disagreements.

3. A president must do the homework to master the fundamental ideas and concepts behind his policies.

4. Presidents need to draw people out and make sure bad news makes it to the Oval Office.

5. Presidents need to foster a culture of skepticism and doubt.

6. Presidents get contradictory data, and they need a rigorous way to sort it out.

7. Presidents must tell the hard truth to the public, even if that means delivering very bad news.

8. Righteous motives are not enough for effective policy.

9. Presidents must insist on strategic thinking.

10. The president should embrace transparency. Some version of the behind-the-scenes story of what happened in his White House will always make it out to the public -- and everyone will be better off if that version is as accurate as possible.

I think any one of us could have written that list. IMHO, he's pretty much stating the obvious in an effort to redeem himself.