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The current troubles of the
Obama
presidency can be read back into its beginnings. Rule by personal
charisma has met its proper fate. The spell has been broken, and the
magician stands exposed. We need no pollsters to tell us of the loss of
faith in Mr. Obama's policies—and, more significantly, in the man
himself. Charisma is like that. Crowds come together and they project
their needs onto an imagined redeemer. The redeemer leaves the crowd to
its imagination: For as long as the charismatic moment lasts—a year, an
era—the redeemer is above and beyond judgment. He glides through crises,
he knits together groups of varied, often clashing, interests. Always
there is that magical moment, and its beauty, as a reference point.
Source: Fouad Ajami,"When the Obama Magic Died," The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2013
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