Obama faces long summer of delay
A healthcare package in the balance; unfinished business on climate change; a precarious economy and deficit; foreign policy setbacks on Iran and North Korea. Six months into his presidency, and with a holiday in Martha's Vineyard beckoning, Barack Obama might have hoped by now to have notched up a big victory or two in his ambitious agenda for change. The reality looks a little different. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Climate Change), The Guardian (US)
I think that in the case of the police abuse in Prof. Gates case and Obama opinion on the matter is an accurate assessment of that situation. However, America's rejection of the opinion is evidence racism is strong and alive.