*Any* President on his 2nd term......

Are they emboldened to move more decisively on partisan policies? Are they more likley to press for partisan, hot button programs because they having nothing to lose?

Or, are they more likley to be complacent and do pretty much nothing?

a 2nd term president starts out more ideologically aggressive before he realizes he overstepped his mandate, and he becomes a lame duck. For Obama, this may have occurred in his 1st term :/

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He became a lame duck in February when he started with the privatize SS horse doo-doo.

BTW Welcome to DU :hi:

I think most want to leave a real mark vs a skid moark on history. FDR had failure in the NRA the New Deal in his first terms prompting a 2nd New Deal WPA SS and the Wagner Act all leading up to the 36 election he was hammered by the left & the right...faced a third party challenge in addition to the GOP. He won and with a mandate went on to some of the most progressive leglislation that dominated the Democratic Party & the country for years. He fought through the 37 recession getting billions for relief and works projects.

Obama has made progesss even if his detractors think its not enough or involved to much compromise...look what he had to work with its almost like the Mad Hatters Tea Party. I think he will revisit healthcare and secure a true works bill perhaps with the public private partnership he is talkign about. I'm inclined to give him a second term w/o winning we'd never know would we.

So I think they become complacent, try to keep their heads low and away from controversy. jmho

Most presidents spend their 2nd term dealing with problems that they didn't anticipate when they first ran for office.