Barack Obama: opportunities and obstacles

It’s the end of an error and beginning of a new era, but as he takes office, Barack Obama will have to be bold to deal with the enormous challenges he faces: an imploding economy, poverty, inequality, healthcare meltdown, two wars and much more. So what does he have to offer? Bill Fletcher Jr offers [...]

It's the end of an error and beginning of a new era, but as he takes office, Barack Obama will have to be bold to deal with the enormous challenges he faces: an imploding economy, poverty, inequality, healthcare meltdown, two wars and much more. So what does he have to offer?



Bill Fletcher Jr offers a legislative agenda for his first 100 days



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The Economist on Obama and the question of betrayal
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\'It seems like Obama is saying: I will only be as good a president as the people who will organize to move me\'
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\'The audacity of dope\'
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