Overview
Inside Obama's Presidency
Video Activities
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/ins...
Please watch the video and provide a 1-2 page typed double-spaced response to the following questions:
1. What issues did President Obama face in his first term?
2. What was the Republican strategy?
3. What was the Grand Bargain and why did it fail? Who was to blame?
4. Why are bi-partisan solutions difficult to achieve?
Video Activities
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/obamasdeal/
Obama's Deal
1. Who had the most say in the outcome of the healthcare reform (the President and Congress, interest groups, or the people)?
2. What did Obama do differently than Clinton, and why did this approach prove to be more effective?
3. What deals had to be cut to get a bill passed?
4. Using your knowledge of American politics, how did the structures and/or
procedures of Congress help or hinder the enactment of legislation?