Well written piece, presenting different points of view in a balanced manner. And the conclusion is right: Obama has to balance a variety of pressures, in the real world.
Why President Obama has crumbled as a liberal fantasy hero http://on.ft.com/1cJLyjj – by our columnist Gideon Rachman.
The president “talks like the president of the American Civil Liberties Union but he acts like Dick Cheney” says one academic: http://on.ft.com/1cJLyjj