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Elaine Kamarck is a professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She was Vice President Al Gore’s senior policy adviser.
Trump may be egregious, but he is also a symptom of a much bigger problem facing modern presidents: the inability to govern.
Obama refused to fight the political battles necessary to forge sustainable policies and a presidential legacy.
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