Obama’s Inaugural Speech Was Bold, But Following Through Won’t Be Easy

It seems like a very long time ago, but try to remember the hopeful spirit of bipartisanship around Barack Obama’s first inauguration. The 2008 election had been filled with talk of a new, post-partisan politics, driven in part by “Obama Republicans” from Wall Street to the military. On the night of his first swearing-in, Obama held dinners to honor his defeated GOP opponent, John McCain, and the...