https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/08/republicans-should-start-acting-like-obama/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 10:34:42 -0400<![CDATA[In his first year in office, Obama faced a popular backlash against his stimulus spending bill and saw a Republican elected to Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat in a referendum on Obamacare. Yet despite these and other setbacks, the president declared he had no intention of moderating his approach. “The one thing I’m really clear about is that I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” Obama said in a January 2010 interview.]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:15:18 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/08/republicans-should-start-acting-like-obama-n280742