Mr. President, Here's An Easy One

摘要

When you're in the midst of a successful run for President, every day brings ample gifts: adoring crowds, rock-star receptions, and, above all, the pure buzz of promise minus the nasty bit of actually having to get things done.rnWhen you become President, much of this goes to hell. So, President Barack Obama, crank up the thank-you machine because the proposed merger of TicketMaster Entertainment (the world's largest ticket seller) and Live Nation (the world's largest concert promoter, which also manages many blue-chip acts) is this Administration's equivalent of finding a sweet little pony by the tree on Christmas morning. A nascent Presidency that is caught in the muck-as I write this, at least-of the legislative process as it grunts out something resembling a stimulus package can now go back, if only for a moment, to the clean and lofty ideals of the campaign.