Secret Sauce

From Obama adviser David Axelrod, on the issue of closing Gitmo (emphasis mine):

“That is an enormously complicated situation,” Mr. Axelrod said Friday afternoon in an interview in his West Wing office, adding: “Obviously, you can’t solve problems overnight. But what you can do is signal a sense of motion, a sense of ferment and activity and direction. And I think that he is doing that.”

I think we now know Obama's policy and political approach: Ferment, Activity and Direction, known more appropriately by its acronym:

F.A.D.