Officially, Barack Obama begins his new term at the head of the Presidency of the United States on Sunday, day 20, but the challenges of this new mandate have already been part of the Democratic routine, should dedicate this government more power to their own agenda than to the issues before the pautavam to dispute the re-election.
Must urgently face discussions to unwind the mess of the fiscal abyss, avoiding reaching the ceiling of government spending. And still failed to implement the changes in the health system, whose approval marked the main gain his first term.
But, in his favor, the president has a very strong ally: the US economy giving signs of recovery. Important data released yesterday confirms the estimates of experts already see a consistent improvement in the scenario.
The number of Americans who asked jobless benefits fell to a minimum of five years last week, in a positive sign for the sluggish US labor market.
Initial applications for unemployment receded 37 thousand, for 335 one thousand seconds seasonally adjusted data, the lowest level since January 2008, He informed the Department of Labor. It was the largest weekly drop since February 2010.
“Obama has no room for accommodation. He struggles to assert its leadership here and now. There is to only think about the legacy we leave to history”, evaluates Gabriel Rico, President of AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce).
The expectation is that, to strengthen its position, President expose yourself more frequently in discussions with the National Congress, especially with regard to those two central issues of this first year of the second term: fiscal adjustment and the health system.
“One advantage that Obama has in its favor is that the solution to the tax issue does not concern only the Presidency, many Republicans entrepreneurs also want a definition of this”, ponders Rodrigo Cintra, International Relations course coordinator at ESPM.
The president has made it clear that one of its main strategies is to call Republicans to reality. He has already declared, for example, what “Republicans have two choices: They can act responsibly and pay US bills or can act irresponsibly and throw the US into a new economic crisis”.
This stance has been adopted especially since Obama also will deal with a Republican majority in Congress by the end of next year. E, after the first two years of the second term, President will be faced again with the challenge of trying to elect a majority of congressional Democrats – something not achieved in his first term.
“It is difficult to predict how it will make this turn in Congress because, if the Republican Party does not update, You will be less likely to keep most. Otherwise, who may be exposed are Democrats”, evaluates Marcus Vinicius de Freitas, International Relations course coordinator of FAAP.
Obama officially sworn his position to start the second term on Sunday, 20, in front of his family in a brief ceremony at the White House, which will be televised.
According to the Constitution, the second term starts automatically on 20, but celebrations and public ceremony of oath on Capitol Hill were transferred to the day 21 (Monday).
Source: Brazil Economic Journal, 18/01/2013, Page 4
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