Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.
Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president. - Ron Fournier
Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.
- Ron Fournier
If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel. - Ron Fournier
If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel.
It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic. - Ron Fournier
It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.
I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric. - Ron Fournier
I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.
Palin seems to have forgotten that her poll ratings have plummeted since the summer of 2011. - Ron Fournier
Palin seems to have forgotten that her poll ratings have plummeted since the summer of 2011.
For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda. - Ron Fournier
For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.
Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009. - Ron Fournier
Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.
Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job. - Ron Fournier
Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.
Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil. - Ron Fournier
Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.
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