Obama Hopes to Break 2nd Term Jinx
November 20, 2012
President Barack Obama is preparing for a second four-year term after his re-election victory. But second terms have not always been kind to recent U.S. presidents.
In the wake of a rousing victory on election night, Obama vowed to learn from supporters and critics alike in his second term.
“And whether I earned your vote or not I have listened to you, I have learned from you and you have made me a better president," said Obama. "I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.”
Republicans are already adapting to the reality of a second Obama term, including House Speaker John Boehner.
House Speaker John Boehner
“Mr. President, this is your moment. We are ready to be led not as Democrats or Republicans but as Americans," said Boehner.
But if history is any guide, Obama may find his second term more challenging than his first, says former Reagan White House chief of staff Ken Duberstein.
“You know the history of second term presidents at least through World War II has been that inevitably they go off track in their fifth or sixth year," said Duberstein. "Every second term president somehow finds a scandal, finds a difficulty, a mistake, and it gets elevated.”
Richard Nixon won a landslide re-election victory in 1972 but was forced to resign because of the Watergate scandal less than two years later.
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