Jan 14, 2017 ... President Obama first achieved national renown with a speech hailing ... And if Republicans accused him of paying too much attention to ... of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide,” he said. ... And there's never been an issue in Washington that I haven't been willing to take a half-loaf or ...
Jan 11, 2016 ... Obama has failed on his promise to close GITMO. ... Obama broke his promise to bring both parties together to enact a bipartisan agenda. ... (President Barack Obama, Remarks By The President In Welcoming ...... "Partisanship In Washington Appears To Have Been A Bridge Too Far For Even Obama.
Nov 25, 2014 ... President Barack Obama delivers remarks on his executive action regarding immigration reform, at the Copernicus Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, ... by the force of his example, he could bridge the partisan division of red ... Yet in substance, if not in style, Obama has been partisan, in a good way.
Mar 8, 2016 ... From partisan gerrymandering to exclusionary party primaries, ... This was a key point President Obama made in his recent speech to the ... Immigration reform stalled. ... For one, lawmakers in Washington have struggled not only to pass ... But it will take a while to assess whether those new legislators are ...
Feb 10, 2016 ... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — President Obama on Wednesday came to the ... as a monument to the bitter partisan divisions that the president has struggled fruitlessly to close. ... the Illinois Legislature — how one older lawmaker asked him if his ... Follow the New York Times's politics and Washington coverage on ...
Whether in Illinois or Washington, Barack Obama has bridged partisanship to bring about significant reform.