How Biden's firm line with Republicans draws on lesson of Obama's mistakes

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15. I think Obama sincerely wanted to be

a unifier at a time when republicans weren't going to have any of that. Perhaps an older, more experienced politician would have seen the pitfalls or maybe his approach might have worked at a different time. Meanwhile, he had to deal with the barrage of racism from right-wing media and republicans in congress, who tried to label him as radical and dangerous when he was actually quite moderate. The continuous implication was he was the "other" and could not be trusted. With that hanging over his head all the time, it is amazing that he was able to accomplish as much as he did.

I think Obama wanted to be Lincoln and Biden wants to be FDR.