Sound Advice

Matt Yglesias suggests that Obama should "move to the White House," i.e. act more presidential. I think that Obama has devalued the office a bit during his first two years. Partly this was forced, because he needed to deal directly with recalcitrant members of Congress (many in his own party) in order to get key parts of his agenda passed. Now it's time to concentrate on some of the powers explicitly granted him in the Constitution, specifically filling vacant judgeships and foreign policy.