If Obama Wins, What Changes for His Second Term?

After Election Day

Eleanor Clift on the odds of an altered GOP, actual bipartisanship—and Erskine Bowles at Treasury.

Published Sep. 30 2012 4:45AM EDT

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With an Obama second term looking like a better than even probability, short of sweeping both chambers of Congress, can the newly reelected president break

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If Obama Wins, What Changes for His Second Term?

Eleanor Clift on the odds of an altered GOP, actual bipartisanship—and Erskine Bowles at Treasury.

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If Obama Wins, What Changes for His Second Term?

Eleanor Clift on the odds of an altered GOP, actual bipartisanship—and Erskine Bowles at Treasury.

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