Obama and the High Road

In another sign that Obama is going to take the high road approach this time around in Indiana and North Carolina, CNN's political ticker is reporting that when Obama was confronted yesterday on the subject of why he doesn't always hit back (a political strategy that sits in direct opposition to that of the Clintons) he stated...

“One of the things that I learned in the school yard was: the folks that are talking tough all the time, they’re not always that tough. If you’re really tough, you’re not always looking to try to start a fight. If you’re really tough, sometimes you just walk away. If you’re really tough, you just save it for when you really need it.”

He went on to say...

“I’m not interested in fighting people just for the sake of scoring political points. If I’m going to fight somebody it’s going to be fighting over the American people and what they need.”

Now I am not so naive as to think that these comments are completely disconnected from political strategy, and I recognize that when politicians talk about fighting for the needs of the American people that that is a carefully crafted talking point, but nonetheless his is a strategy that I would like to see more politicians adopt.