… will be neither as awesome as his most fervent fans think it will be, nor as horrific as his most paranoid detractors claim it will be.
In fact, it will probably be … well, a lot like his first term. The oscillations may be a bit broader, as a desire to set a historical legacy combats with an increasing lame duckiness. And some will depend on how the House and Senate races go.
But I neither expect Obama to dismantle the homeland security apparat nor to steal everyone's guns nor to put in place a single player health care system nor to outlaw Christianty nor to push for a cap-and-trade system nor to build a brownshirt army, regardless of his Congressional backing. And anyone to think so needs to really do a reality check, or else is trying to get donations from you. #ddtb
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During the last presidential campaign, I swooningly predicted that Barack Obama would be our first civil libertarian president. Of course, I was wrong, and the last three years have offered plenty of …