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Released: November 07, 2012
Obama will get no rest before second-term challenges arise
Source: Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)
So, Barack Obama, you've been granted a second term. What do you do for an encore? It has become commonplace to observe that presidential second terms are fraught with disappointment. George W. Bush's was marred by a bogged-down war in Iraq and the collapse of the financial system; Bill Clinton's by the Monica Lewinsky scandal; Ronald Reagan's by the Iran-Contra scandal (but moderated by the end of the Cold War). Franklin Roosevelt squandered the promise of his second term by picking a fight with the Supreme Court, an effort that ultimately undermined his ability to fulfill all the promise of the New Deal.Read Full Article: Obama will get no rest before second-term challenges arise
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