4 Steps For Creating the Obama Revolution: Will the President Take Them?

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Whether progressive disappointment with President Obama’s first term is justified or not (and in many ways, it is), he is the charismatic leader best positioned to create a new revolution, one that appeals broadly to Americans’ belief in fairness, shared responsibility, and compassion. If he’s interested in cementing his position in history as a transformative figure, he can do so by relegating the politics of resentment, division, greed and privilege to the dustbin of history. If that causes the Republican Party’s “ annihilation,” so be it.