Washington. Whenever his presidency ends, Barack Obama's legacy will be historic: Posterity will know him as the first black president of a nation scarred at birth by a deep racial fault line. But for Obama partisans, the hope of re-election lies in the idea that only with a full eight White House years, will he be remembered for the change he wrought, not just for who he was. Though it was key to euphoria that greeted his election in 2008, Obama's race has rarely been a dominant political theme since. Quickly, the same political dynamics faced by many of his predecessors: divided, vicious, partisan politics threatened to swamp the 44th US president. All presidents crave the validation of a...
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