And the revelations of widespread surveillance of the American Public by the National Security agency, the nsa. Polls show our president with higher disapproval marks than approval. 54 disapprove of the way hes handling his job. 40 approve. The president nevertheless seems unbooted as he addressed his remaining three years in office in an engrossing interview with the editor of the new yorker magazine. Quote president obama, the conventional wisdom is that the president s second term is a matter of minimizing damage and playing defense rather than offense but as ive reminded hi my team the day after i was inaugurated after the second term, were in charge of the Largest Organization on earth and our capacity to do some good both domestically and around the world is unsurpassed even if nobody is paying attention. Unquote so says mr. Obama. Question if you were advising the president on his state of the Union Address next week, and the remainder of his second term in general, what would y