A Moment of Clarity.

For Your Consideration...

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"Obama’s policies — on immigration, marriage equality, tax fairness, guns — are sound and have majority support. His opponents are holding back history, and the will of the people. If Obama gets immigration reform (doubtful, with House intransigence), he will have a terrific legacy, along with health care and saving the American economy from a recession that still cuts deep in Europe. It’s the way he runs the executive branch, his fear of taking the fight to Republicans, that is so maddening. Several governors now are trying to withhold expanded federal health care for the poor, just to spite Obama. He ought to be in those states, calling out the governors who are actively trying to hurt the governed. Instead, he’s defensive, forced to defend his presidency as still being alive and well. Obama doesn’t have to be Lyndon B. Johnson, twisting elbows to shape history. But maybe he can hire an L.B.J. Leaders find a way..."

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Up-in-the-Air President