Looking back, then, here are a few moments that help to sketch the portrait of a first lady who calls herself a "110-percenter," always looking to do more. "And now that we've gone through a year, we can really think about really what works for this administration, what works for me as a first lady, what resonates with where America is today." "Our goal was to do everything that was done before, so that we'd know what it was, and uphold those traditions, but try to tweak it," she told reporters last week. She has spent the past year giving the job of first lady a test run, settling her family into a new life in a new town, trying to avoid creating controversy for her already burdened husband and figuring out where to make her mark.
President Trump has changed the landscape,” the 46th president told NBC News at the time.This is a first lady, after all, who wants to make a difference, who dares to speak even now about her legacy. We face a totally different world than we faced in the Obama-Biden administration. However, Obama’s impression departs from Biden’s perspective on his mandate in the White House.Īsked following his election in November if his presidency would essentially be a third term for the Obama administration, Biden demurred. Former President Barack Obama believes President Biden is finishing the job of his administration, he revealed in a new interview. “I was both a manifestation of the more progressive views that young people brought to politics in 2008, and 2009, 2010, and I think my presidency helped to solidify a huge tilt in the direction of progressive politics among young people that is now continuing into their 30s as the millennials, and even the Gen Zers, are starting to marry and have families, who know their political identity has been shaped and changed in pretty significant ways.” Former President Obama said he thinks President Biden and his administration will be successful.
“But at the margins, if you’re changing 5 percent of the electorate, that makes a difference.”Įxplaining his belief that younger generations were impacted by politics in a different way than their parents, the former president said he thought he was “a manifestation” of the progressive movement in the Democratic Party now. “Does it override that sort of identity politics that has come to dominate Twitter, and the media, and that has seeped into how people think about politics? Probably not completely.īiden names VP Harris to lead efforts on protecting voting rights
“If they’re successful over the next four years, as I think they will be, I think that will have an impact,” he noted. The former president went on to caution that whether the Biden administration’s work will impact people’s political leanings remains to be seen. Former President Obama said the world is “totally different” than it was during the Obama-Biden administration. “Ninety percent of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about, whether it’s the Affordable Care Act, or our climate change agenda, and the Paris, and figuring out how do we improve the ladders to mobility through things like community colleges,” he continued. And I think it’ll be an interesting test,” Obama explained. “I think that what we’re seeing now, is Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job. The 44th commander-in-chief made the comments in an interview this week with “The Ezra Klein Show,” a New York Times podcast, after being asked if he believed policy could persuade people to vote differently in this politically charged era. Will Biden strike a terrible Iran deal just for short-term political gain?Ĩ Afghanistan vets look back in anger - and pride - over America’s longest warįormer President Barack Obama believes President Biden is “finishing the job” of his administration, he revealed in a new interview. Student-loan forgiveness is proof Dems don’t care about the rule of law Now’: Obama and Biden’s ‘imperfect union’ revealed in new book