The White House’s ambitious agenda on gun control, immigration
reform, and, perhaps, even climate change is a sign that President Obama
believes he locked up precious political capital with his reelection
and intends to spend it quickly. But that isn’t welcome news to many of
the Democrats who need him the most in the short term--the seven
Democratic senators in conservative states facing tough reelection bids.
Just one week into the new year, Obama has already hit some unpleasant stumbling blocks with his own party. On gun control, the White House is now calculating that it will be “exceedingly difficult” to pass broad measures, The New York Times reports, a sharp U-turn from its optimism heading into the new year. Senators from the president’s own party are the ones giving him trouble over his nominee for Defense secretary, former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel, with one of the president’s most partisan backers privately expressing doubt about whether he’ll support his nomination.
Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/obama-s-ambitious-second-term-agenda-could-backfire-20130111
Just one week into the new year, Obama has already hit some unpleasant stumbling blocks with his own party. On gun control, the White House is now calculating that it will be “exceedingly difficult” to pass broad measures, The New York Times reports, a sharp U-turn from its optimism heading into the new year. Senators from the president’s own party are the ones giving him trouble over his nominee for Defense secretary, former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel, with one of the president’s most partisan backers privately expressing doubt about whether he’ll support his nomination.
Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/obama-s-ambitious-second-term-agenda-could-backfire-20130111
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