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http://nypost.com/2013/12/21/obama-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-year/ (http://nypost.com/2013/12/21/obama-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-year/)
Obama and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
By John Podhoretz
December 21, 2013 | 12:55pm
When Barack Obama sings “Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s Eve, he will have reason to think back, with a deep sense of nostalgia and not a small amount of regret, on the last time he sang the song.
If he gets a lump in his throat as he recollects that glorious night one year ago, who would blame him? After all, he was riding about as high as a man can ride on New Year’s Eve 2012.
There he was, almost literally the master of the universe — the canny victor of the 2012 election, having run what was instantly regarded as the most brilliant technical campaign in American history. He used that victory to prevail in a “fiscal cliff” showdown with Republicans the last week of December that led to the significant tax increases on the well-to-do he had sought since the beginning of his first term. He had a 53% approval rating; only 40% disapproved.
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Barack Obama being sworn in for a second term in January.Photo: EPA/Tannen Maury
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