I Miss Bush

[glatt]

“You know, there is a tendency in Washington to believe our job description, of elected officials, is to get reelected. That’s not our job description,” Obama said. “Our job description is to solve problems and to help people.”

and

“I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.”

ABC

I'm sure Obama would love to have a second term, and I would be very surprised if he didn't run a second time, but he's at least giving lip service to the idea that his focus is not on getting re-elected.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by glatt

lip service

I agree with that part. and I don't disagree that what you first quoted him as saying SHOULD be true, but I'm too pessimistic about politicians to actually believe it.