Princeton University's History Professor Julian Zelizer ponders, in the Sunday, September 11th's New York Times' Week in Review section, about the distinct possibility that President Obama might not get reelected in 2012 and suggests things he can do to create a lasting legacy. After reading the article (see link below) and summarizing in the blog, comment about it. Be ready to discuss the article and your thoughts in class if you want in a class for which you can earn extra credit for the activity,.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/if-obama-is-a-one-term-president.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=If%20Obama%20is%20a%20One-Term%20President&st=cse
Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Desmond Symonette
ReplyDeleteWhether or not obama is re-elected he should be proud of the impact he has made on not only the nation but the world with the fact that he is the first African American president.that alone will keep his legacy up and running.and by the fact that he came into a crumbling economy.he should take pride of the strides he made to improve it and even after his term as president he should keep fighting for change....Desmond Symonette
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ReplyDeleteDuring elections, presidential candidates seem to make promises that are too good to be true for the citizens of the United States. For example, President Obama stated that he will retreat the troops from the war in Iraq by a certain date, yet lives are still being lost overseas. Despite several of his positive impacts, such as his health care reform, I believe that Obama will mainly be known in the future as "The First African American President." As for his re-election, odds are against him. it seems that the public is never satisfied with the presidents they elect with the exception of a few rare presidents such as Franklin D. Roosevelt. Our previous president, George W. Bush, was re-elected for a second term despite being as unsatisfactory as he was sending our economy downhill, thus proving that not only one-term presidents "leave office with their parties divided, the economy in crisis, wars unresolved, approval ratings in the tank and a sullen public rejecting them. Becoming a one-term president means joining a gallery of dashed hopes and crushed ambitions."
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