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Obama, JFK Similarities and Differences

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    New York Magazine's Frank Rich weighs in on the 2012 elections and the Obama presidency.

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-- -- -- -- -- -- Frankly as one of the -- good morning how are you.

North Carolina right do I did the whole world -- as you're backing up for a good Thanksgiving -- terrifying one.

Know I'll I like Thanksgiving and it goes all the -- -- arrived by in my apartment.

Involvement.

I don't know why -- I want -- refused to get together with -- Family because it there are people who if -- were not related to allow would never speak to them.

Just a couple of social.

I've noticed syndrome so I'm that I had -- and -- morning S unabated into the same.

After he wasn't sure globs of those times the -- wouldn't -- the next.

You disputed guy and -- That's follow -- so do you keep a little kids.

Out of pure I hope so that they can't -- separate you place sort of agree controlled -- closing -- during the course of.

All.

-- you'll I thought when your left New York.

The times right -- went to New York magazine that you would drop off the face of the earth.

But outside of that has not happened books all of them located to you all know why I didn't want that to happen we what did you call wondered I've -- -- But I'm -- but that's Christiane quite the contrary sort of you.

Well frank yours you know if it if it's kind of writing -- want to do if you're doing the other for seventeen years and I'm.

Really having.

A bowl of sort of liberated as as a writer and and it's it's it's been a lot of fun and it's just really started only been.

Five or six.

It five -- six months.

It's amazing how you can -- socialist -- and be wrong about.

Everything you know it's it's something.

I've done throughout my clear yet I think it was -- I would write about was moose murders -- -- -- -- theater critic.

They don't feel we Broadway.

Murder mystery in history where the big killer turned out to be a quadriplegic who was wrapped -- cause for -- -- -- react.

So all -- limited done deals that that are.

There EM went on -- that you'll know if you know what that was.

That was a catastrophe foretold this you know we're supposed to have a government -- -- the people actually.

We're -- do these jobs do them that may sort of handed off.

To.

A super committee of and it may be many things that super isn't one problem.

And it was inevitable -- like all these bipartisan -- they always fail it's just passing the buck.

And we don't have a functioning government.

And I don't see any like -- tunnels and you know I don't see any light at the end of total.

Frankly no matter who wins the election.

In the weather in in congress or for the presidency.

We have an intractable situation and we have a crisis and we are.

In one war winding down from -- second and so have all these economic problems and abortion is just sitting there.

-- -- -- -- -- Chris Matthews.

The last time -- program had -- himself.

With a slight -- all of them or problem Obama has now turned on approach so.

Well you know.

Yes some some liberals of or people who supportable overturning millennium.

But what's also -- is or isn't to -- Republican Party.

Presumably.

Handed an incredible opportunity to elect a president can't find candidate.

That that they can rally around -- you think Romney is that guy who seems never to draw more than 25 or 30%.

Of Republican -- if you that sort of you know and that's sort of mixed reception at best from Republicans -- -- I don't think he's gonna win I think Obama might actually lived.

Although.

You'd you'd do derive what -- -- That your current position on the horizon.

And tell me a little bit of -- time.

Well what what I.

Obama.

Will have been in office longer than Kennedy was.

And my pieces about you know what he came in a lot of people including me with.

-- -- -- is the and change agent.

Who who would sort of shake things up the way the Kennedy did during his brief presidency.

But it but it hasn't happened in the main thing noting that the main thing that similar between these two young presidency is that.

-- paralysis similar amount of -- Out there.

And otherwise they're quite different in and actually you know can be.

-- somewhat over glamorize them in retrospect he got no legislation through Obama got legislation through whether people like it or hate it.

But also.

Can -- show the kind of bravery.

As in the Cuban missile crisis that.

We have not seen Obama -- in demand is there or -- as far as I can tell.

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