WashingtonPost.com - Obama the Formulaic

Part of President Obama’s great promise was always in his (still essentially unproven) ability to translate his charisma into major policy achievements. But, at this point, his rhetoric isn’t only formulaic -- it’s becoming obviously so.

Consider the president’s speech this morning at a U.N. climate change summit. He began, of course, with the Alarming Warning: Unless the world confronts climate change, “we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe.”