John Kass: The campaign’s over, Obama; it’s time to lead
Our president has a fine ear for language and nuance. Yet sometimes he shapes his principles to fit the moment, something anyone who watches Chicago politics understood years ago. The Democratic machine candidates he eagerly endorsed for re-election — from Boss Daley II to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger to disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich — are testament to Obama’s flexibility.
But he must stop campaigning someday, and start thinking like a chief executive. And he’ll need both eyes to see where he’s got to go.