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The Obama presidency is not over, but it is failing

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The Obama presidency is not over, but it is failing
By Edward Luce

With the exception of the debt ceiling debacle, he has fallen at almost every hurdle

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Anyone wondering about the scale of the anti-Obama backlash should look at its impact on the 2016 US presidential race. Both major parties are looking for candidates with genuine executive experience. The Republican list of hopefuls is filling up with sitting governors. Among Democrats, hopes rest mainly with Hillary Clinton. Should Elizabeth Warren, the popular senator from Massachusetts, enter the fray Mrs Clinton’s riposte would trip off the tongue. Ms Warren has no governing experience, she could say. And we all know the risks of that.

Having authored an inspirational politics, President Barack Obama’s difficulties are spawning a new fashion for perspiration. Given its limited powers, the strength of the US presidency derives largely from its occupant’s credibility.

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3 thoughts on “The Obama presidency is not over, but it is failing

  1. sycophants, apologists and ideologues do not require success from their leaders…

  2. Well let hear it. ITS BUSH’S FAULT

  3. Sycophant. That’s Dom.

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