Obama's Second Term Opportunity

As President Obama is sworn into a second term, he has the chance to be what most thought he would have been i.n his first term. With the economy improving, the jobs market ready to explode and war coming to an end, some of the roadblocks he faced four years ago are starting to clear. The budget will be the first battle of his second term. It will be vital for him to show just a little bit of compromise. Unlike the fiscal cliff drama, the budget is more far reaching and could hurt other negotiations in the future. Even though Boehner is not the most well liked member of his party, I believe he will keep his role as speaker. Just like Reagan was tied to O'Neill, Clinton to Gingrich and Bush to Pelosi, Obama and Boehner will go down in history as their parties leader for this decade. Here is where both men have an opportunity. By getting the budget back on track both men and the country would benefit. We are in a different place right now, a better place, for whatever reason things are better. It is times like these where good decisions and good change needs to be made.