The president had become the “mechanic-in-chief,” put in the position of tinkering instead of being the president who had a moral voice, who had a vision, who was going to lead them on this journey. The economic plan wasn’t about budgets and numbers, she said. It was a values document. It was to help working people and small businesses….That’s what we should be talking about, she added. “I want to see a plan.” She wanted everybody involved. “As we develop these policies, we have to decide how to explain them.”
