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1、CONFIDENCEMENWallStreet,Washington,andtheEducationofaPresidentRONSUSKINDContentsPartITheTwoCapitals1September17,20102TheWarning3Sonny’sBlues4InsidetheBubble5TheFall6TheRise7TheB-TeamPhotographsPartIIHomeAlone8ANewDeal9WellManaged10TheCovenant11Unresolved12NowhereMan13FillingtheVoid14MadMenPa
2、rtIIITheEducationofBarackObama15LostandFound16MindtheGap17BusinessasUsual18God’sWork19TheNoise20TheManTheyElectedAcknowledgmentsSourcesIndexAbouttheAuthorAlsobyRonSuskindCreditsCopyrightAboutthePublisherPartITHETWOCAPITALS1September17,2010PresidentBarackObamadanceslightlydownthefourmarbleste
3、pstotheRoseGardenandacrosstheflagstonestoawaitinglectern.Hestillglides,elegantandpurposeful,inthattallman’sshort-step—aballplayerreturningtothecourtafteratime-out.Today,September17,2010,hehascommittedtoputtingsome“pointsontheboard,”inthesportsparlanceofRahmEmanuel,hischiefofstaff.Thepresiden
4、tneedstoshowthecountrythathehasn’tlosthisgame,theineffableconfidence,thesuretyofstanceanddeliverythatpropelledamanwithlittlepoliticalexperiencetoscalecosmicheightsandtorealizewhatfelt,onElectionDay,likedemocracy’sversionofthemoonlanding.Throughrecenthistory,Americahasconsidereditselfsomethin
5、gofaprovidentialmiracle,acountrythatkeptfindingreasonstobelieveinitsManifestDestiny.Thatfaith,sorelytestedoverthepastseveraldecades,founditselfrestoredwithdizzyingebulliencewhenBarackObamaandhisbeautifulfamilysteppedontothestageinChicago’sGrantParkasAmerica’sFirstFamily.Itwasasensationofsuch
6、intensityastostartlemanyacrossthecountryandaroundtheworldintobelievinginthepromiseofAmerica,theoriginalandlong-burningbeaconofthedemocraticideal.Thelegacyofthatmomentisevermorefoundinthelengtheningshadowitcasts.Inthenearlytwoyearssince,BarackObama,likeanarchangelreturnedtoearth,hasbeenforced
7、towalktheflatlandandfeelitshardcontours.What,ifanything,ithasawakenedinhimremainsunclear—atpresent,heisclearlystrugglingtogethisbearings.AndyetitisimpossibletoseethepresidentandnotsearchoutsignsofthatmanfromGrantPark,whostrodesoboldlyacrosshistory’
