I'd add that the first four years required an especially "delicate dance", and is part of the reason why so many progressive Democrats had expressed disappointment.
I had thought many times that he was playing a long game...and was looking beyond the first four years.
I also worried, and still do that the man could be a target of violence if seen by the far, far right nuts... as too liberal... too much for the people, and not the corporations.
That song has been sung before and resulted in extreme violence.
Most people don't remember that another great president who worked for the people, FDR, was almost assassinated prior to him being sworn in.
http://miami-history.com/attempted-assassination-of-fdr-in-bayfront-park/
Others standing next to him were killed.
It Obama was assassinated it would destroy this country....IMO
But I'm trying not to worry too much.
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