President Obama won a second term this week, but he still faces a looming debt crisis, a hobbling economy, and a hyper-partisan Congress. As he enters his second term, what has President Obama learned from his first four years? What are his goals for the next four? And how does the President hope to shape his legacy?
Jodi Kantor, correspondent for Takeaway partner The New York Times and author of “The Obamas,” examines these questions, and says that, watching the Obamas after the election, “you could feel a sense of collective relief overtaking that family.”
“This is a family that succeeded at the highest level of politics without ever really wanting to be in politics,” she continues. “So the relief of this race is not only the gigantic relief of having finished a…difficult presidential campaign, but Barack Obama never has to run for office again…this has been Michelle Obama’s dream for years.”
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