So a left-of-center president delivered a left-of-center inaugural
address–how shocking is that? Barack Obama is a winner, and he acted
like one on Monday; he can be a liberal now. He is, after all, entering
into a select club within a select club: assuming that all goes well for
him, he will be just the 14th American president to serve two full
terms in office.
But when the panegyrics have died down, Obama will confront the problem that every president re-elected since the passage of the 22nd Amendment is also a lame-duck president. And in spite of years of negotiations in his first term alone, no one, least of all Obama, has solved the looming problem of healthcare—which is the root of our spending and entitlement troubles.
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/a-cure-for-healthcare-costs/
But when the panegyrics have died down, Obama will confront the problem that every president re-elected since the passage of the 22nd Amendment is also a lame-duck president. And in spite of years of negotiations in his first term alone, no one, least of all Obama, has solved the looming problem of healthcare—which is the root of our spending and entitlement troubles.
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/a-cure-for-healthcare-costs/
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