The Unmaking of the President
When Barack Obama was first elected US President in 2008, he was widely considered an exciting new figure. The great bewilderment over what has become of him – increasingly unpopular and virtually abandoned by his own party in 2014 – stems from precisely that fact.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Barack Obama was widely considered an exciting new figure when he was first elected President of the United States in 2008. His increasing unpopularity and virtual abandonment by his own party in his second term in 2014 stems largely from that fact: Expectations exceeded reality. But, more important, reality changed – in several ways.