of taxing the rich, emmanuel macron, the beginnings, decided to remove special tax on the rich and yellow vests are claiming macron do it back. tax the rich, not us first. so the french president, of course, he did back down from this fuel tax. the protests though continue. here is the question, is there a sense that emmanuel macron is handling this situation effectively? is he listening to what these protesters have to say, or does he find himself in a very vulnerable position now? you know, emmanuel macron would say his back to the wall. if he wants to set a mandate, it is just that, saving the mandate of emmanuel macron, big question today, i think that emmanuel macron must show himself to be more modest, to eventually recognize communication, but also in policy choices.
if lincoln hadn t had a second term, he wouldn t have won the civil war. reagan s place in history was smepted by the beginnings of the end of the cold war, and without a second term f.d.r. would be remembered as the president who didn t end the great depression. still, second terms, they don t last four years. they re shorter than that. how long will obama have? is he aware that his second term domestically only lasts about a year to 18 months? finally, political junkies know we don t have to wait until 2016 or even 2014 for our next fix. just next year we ve got blockbuster races for governor in two big states, virginia and new jersey. in new jersey it s the clintons verse the tea party. as former democratic national committee chairman and clinton loyalist terry mccull uf takes on virginia s republican attorney general, he who put himself front and center in the multi-state chal toning the health care law, is, of course, a tea party favorite and a favorite of social conservatives, bu
derailed any agenda he hoped to push in that second four years. i have to go back to work on my state of the union speech. and i worked on it until pretty late last night. but i want to say one thing to the american people, i wanted you to listen to me. i m going say this again. i did not have sexual relations with that woman. ms. lewinsky. though ronald reagan pushed through a tax overhaul in his second term he also became embroiled in the iran-contra affair. a few months ago i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that s true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. there is a bright side, if lincoln had not had a second term he would not have won the civil war. reagan s place in history was cemented by the beginnings of the end of the cold war, and
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