Freddy Gray Freddy Gray

The audacity of Obama

Can the President really pose as the ‘fair shake’ candidate?

issue 31 December 2011

Can the President really pose as the ‘fair shake’ candidate?

Barack Obama knows that, after three unsuccessful years as president, he cannot again sell himself to the electorate as a messiah who brings hope and change. The hope that accompanied his election vanished as the American economy continued to sink. Little has changed.

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