Hijacked by Hearings This could be it. How the Obama White House copes with the next few months could determine whether the president and his people will have a successful second four year term. If they don’t weather it well, they risk falling in line behind the other recent two-term presidents who lost their way […]
Obama Besieged on Many Fronts
Circling the Wagons at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue The recent history of second term U.S. presidents indicates trouble will come at some point. You just don’t expect it to come three at a time with roots both foreign and domestic. But for the moment that is where the Obama administration finds itself. All of sudden last […]
Early Onset Second Term Blues
Obama’s Leadership Test It was only a few months ago that Barack Obama was inaugurated for a second presidential term with all the pomp and pageantry that official Washington can muster. There was a time in this country when the early days of a second term were a heady time for a freshly re-elected president. […]