Blog post 3.9 "Obama's Domestic Policy"

Read the following article from The Atlantic that compares Obama's domestic policy initiatives with those of Lyndon B. Johnson.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/obamas-lbj-moment-the-war-on-inequality-is-the-new-war-on-poverty/273165/

Write a 2 paragraph summary of the article.  Then answer the following questions.

1. What were the similar themes of Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address and Lyndon Johnson's 1964 State of the Union Address?
2. How are Obama and Johnson's approaches to dealing with Congress different?
3. Why would Obama want to avoid comparisons with the big government 60s?
4. How is Obama relying on federalism to help him come up with policy ideas?
5. Why might letting states create their own programs problematic?
6. What do we call it when the president is using his position to try to convince the average voters to support his policies and pressure their lawmakers?
7. In what ways does the author suggest that Obama needs to be more like LBJ?