Why was presidential politics so controversial?
What will be an ideal response?
The Reagan years had redefined the American political landscape, shifting the political center away from New Deal and Great Society liberal assumptions that government could be a positive force in citizens' lives. To succeed in this changed political climate, a new breed of Democratic politician was needed—socially liberal but fiscally conservative. The Reagan, Clinton, and George W. Bush administrations were buffeted by scandals. For Barack Obama, the first multiracial president, merely occupying the White House was a controversial act.
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