Read the following article from this week's Newsweek magazine. This is a column from Andrew Sullivan about what Obama may achieve if he wins a second term.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/09/23/andrew-sullivan-on-the-promise-of-obama-s-second-term.html
Write a two paragraph summary of the article and then answer the following questions:
1. What does Sullivan predict will be the outcome of the presidential and Congressional elections in November?
2. How does he compare the situations in which Reagan and Obama were elected?
3. How does he describe Reagan's first term as president?
4. What happened that allowed Reagan to go from low approval ratings to winning 49 of 50 states in 1984?
5. What happened in Reagan's second term that has contributed to his image as transformational and iconic?
6. What were Obama's initial first term "wins" and why are they a liability now?
7. How does Sullivan describe America's taxing and spending situation?
8. What are Obama's potential foreign policy goals in a second term?
9. How is the Republican Party different today than in 1984?
10. Why does Sullivan criticize liberals for thinking Obama has failed them?
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