ɪn kˈɑːntɹæst, ɹˈaɪɾɚɹ ˈɛbuː pɐtˈɛl ɪn nˈuːzwiːk sədʒˈɛstᵻd ðæt pɹˈɛzɪdənt oʊbˈɑːmə hæd ɐ sˈʌmwʌt dˈɪfɹənt sˈɛns ʌv ˈæktɪv sˈɪɾɪzənʃˌɪp, mˈiːnɪŋ stɹˈɔŋ fˈæmɪliz, ɐ vˈaɪbɹənt sˈɪvɪk sˈɛntɚ ɪnwˌɪtʃ pˈɜːsənz ʌv dˈɪfɹənt fˈeɪθs ænd sˈɛkjʊlɚ bˈækɡɹaʊndz wˈɜːk təɡˈɛðɚ, wɪð ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ˈæktɪŋ æz ˈeɪ "kˈæɾɐlˌɪst".
In contrast, writer Eboo Patel in Newsweek suggested that President Obama had a somewhat different sense of active citizenship, meaning strong families, a vibrant civic center in which persons of different faiths and secular backgrounds work together, with government acting as a "catalyst".