After election, Obama's real challenges loom

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After election, Obama's real challenges loom

15:34, November 03, 2010      

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    • After the midterm elections, US' political landscape has changed, with President Barack Obama losing a loyal partner in the House of Representatives, and a much-diminished Democratic majority in the Senate.

    It is premature now to claim President Obama has been reduced to a lame duck, but Republican leaders' well-known ambition of making Obama "a one-term president" doesn't bode well for bipartisan cooperation between the two major political parties in the country.
    Obama must fight from now on to prolong his political life, which has effectively defined that tomorrow will be Day 1 for his own re-election bid in 2012. The hardships before him seem towering, but not insurmountable.

    President Obama shall reach to his intelligence and creativity, behaving more moderate and humble in public, and seek genuine support from American people and sympathetic lawmakers of the opposition party. Breaking a gridlock at the Capitol Hill is not easy, but could prove to be an art for him.

    Obama had a coasting time in economic legislation during the past two years, highlighted by congressional approving his iconic health care and monetary oversight bills, as well as a huge stimulus plan to help the country combat a dreadful financial turbulence and recession.

    Though the world's largest economy has stopped sliding to a depression, recovery is slow, sluggish and painful. Voters' dissatisfaction with the economy, plus some of the middle class's anger with the new health care law that takes care of formerly uncovered poor, led many fleeing President Obama and his fellow Democrats.

    Now, facing a hostile House with subpoena power, Obama has to figure out the right blend of conciliation and confrontation to lead America. Explicitly picking up a fight and engaging with the combative Republicans will lead the White House and Congress to a collision course, which must be avoided.

    In the next two years, the test for both parties will be how well they handle the economic recovery. Conservative Republicans are expected to demand President Obama slash government spending and curb federal deficit.

    However, moderate spending in job-creating public works and other projects is necessary and widely believed to back up a hard-attained revival in the United States. Only after the economic growth stabilizes and consumers' spending picks up, the government shall not tighten its purse strings.

    By Jimmy, People's Daily Online

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      After election, Obama's real challenges loom

      15:34, November 03, 2010      

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      • After the midterm elections, US' political landscape has changed, with President Barack Obama losing a loyal partner in the House of Representatives, and a much-diminished Democratic majority in the Senate.

      It is premature now to claim President Obama has been reduced to a lame duck, but Republican leaders' well-known ambition of making Obama "a one-term president" doesn't bode well for bipartisan cooperation between the two major political parties in the country.
      Obama must fight from now on to prolong his political life, which has effectively defined that tomorrow will be Day 1 for his own re-election bid in 2012. The hardships before him seem towering, but not insurmountable.

      President Obama shall reach to his intelligence and creativity, behaving more moderate and humble in public, and seek genuine support from American people and sympathetic lawmakers of the opposition party. Breaking a gridlock at the Capitol Hill is not easy, but could prove to be an art for him.

      Obama had a coasting time in economic legislation during the past two years, highlighted by congressional approving his iconic health care and monetary oversight bills, as well as a huge stimulus plan to help the country combat a dreadful financial turbulence and recession.

      Though the world's largest economy has stopped sliding to a depression, recovery is slow, sluggish and painful. Voters' dissatisfaction with the economy, plus some of the middle class's anger with the new health care law that takes care of formerly uncovered poor, led many fleeing President Obama and his fellow Democrats.

      Now, facing a hostile House with subpoena power, Obama has to figure out the right blend of conciliation and confrontation to lead America. Explicitly picking up a fight and engaging with the combative Republicans will lead the White House and Congress to a collision course, which must be avoided.

      In the next two years, the test for both parties will be how well they handle the economic recovery. Conservative Republicans are expected to demand President Obama slash government spending and curb federal deficit.

      However, moderate spending in job-creating public works and other projects is necessary and widely believed to back up a hard-attained revival in the United States. Only after the economic growth stabilizes and consumers' spending picks up, the government shall not tighten its purse strings.

      By Jimmy, People's Daily Online

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