Obama’s Second Term Slide

Any president’s second term inauguration is a melancholy and bittersweet moment. From the stroke of noon on January 20, it’s all downhill.

Gone is the thrill of the first inauguration when the air is filled with promise and expectation. Lost is the excitement of reelection night only two months earlier.

For Barack Obama, the second term blues is now a second term slide. He’s ahead of schedule.

Part of Obama’s dilemma is the almost impossible ...