From Washington Post, Jan. 20th Excerpt:
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“Let’s not focus on what’s possible or doable,” Obama has advised,
according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to
describe internal discussions. “Tell me what our goal should be, and let
me worry about the politics.”
At the center of Obama’s search for
a second-term strategy and lasting legacy sits a question being asked
now by supporters outside the administration and officials within it:
Can
Obama, given his political personality and partisan circumstances, be
the transformational president he aspired to be or, instead, just a
moderately effective manager during difficult times?
His domestic agenda includes politically
challenging issues such as immigration changes, measures to address
climate change and gun control — the last two emerging in part from a
personal sense of regret that he did not do more to advance them in his
first term.
Abroad, Obama will be challenged to define an agenda rather than
to have one defined for him by events, including the uprisings remaking
the Middle East.
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