Part V, A One-Term Proposition?, Chapters 20-22, The Summary and Analysis

Klein begins Chapters 20 by pointing out that a common liberal defense of Obama is that all presidents come to office unprepared in various respects, so Obama's failures are not his fault. Anyone would make mistakes. But while this is not true, Klein argues that Obama has failed to learn from his mistakes. Klein thinks that rather than simply asserting this claim, that he should make the case that Obama has not grown in office. Klein interviewed dozens of people, experts, across the country about this view. Beginning with the media, he found that their liberal views led them to claim that he has grown in office. But they say that Obama has thought that he needs to repackage himself, much as Nixon attempted. But there is no...