The bottom line? No significant reconciliation between the battling parties is evident yet. But there may be room for compromise on some issues.
Obama, forced to refocus his agenda in response to voter anger over the high jobless rate in an election year, opened a new search for common ground after spending his first year relying largely on Democrats to push his agenda forward.
With healthcare stalled after the election of a Republican senator from Massachusetts created a subtle shift in power in the Senate, Obama switched gears, giving secondary roles to priorities like healthcare and climate change.
In his State of the Union address, he dangled some tempting treats to Republicans: more nuclear power plants and offshore drilling, more U.S. exports and small business tax credits.
“He moved center-right,” said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. “Instead of bailouts and stimulus money
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