Table of Contents
Obama’s Second-Term Blues
The Reality of Second Terms
Partisanship on Capitol Hill
“It’s the Economy”
Joblessness Points to Slow Recovery
Public Sector Jobs Drag on the Economy
Health Care Prognosis Uncertain
Important Provisions on Time Delay
Continued Opposition to the Law
Immigration Reform in Limbo
The Bipartisan Gang of Eight
Senate Passage, but Dim Prospects in the House
Washington Climate Changing?
The Demise of Cap-and-Trade
Environmental Policy through the Executive Bureaucracy
Gay Rights Victory
The Case against DOMA
The Impact of the Supreme Court’s Ruling
War Against al Qaeda
Controversy Over Drone Strikes
Snowden and NSA Surveillance
Strife in the Middle East
Crisis in Egypt
Civil War in Syria
Mideast Peace Talks
Obama’s Trip to Israel Sets the Stage
But a Chill with Respect to Russia and China
Time Running Out?