Obama Prepares to Fight for His Agenda
Posted at 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 11
Jacob Weisberg: “Barack Obama’s most cherished illusion during his first term was the possibility of cooperation with Republicans… In recent weeks, however, we’ve seen the tentative emergence of a quite different second-term Obama: one shorn of his fantasies about compromise, contemptuous of his opponents, and almost eager to stand on principle.”
“On a range of other issues such as gun control, the president’s new tone suggests that he might prefer going it alone… This means either proceeding unilaterally with more limited executive orders or forcing the Republicans to stand up and be counted in opposition… Lacking a partner for peace, war has become the president’s only option.”
