Having won the presidency, Barack Obama faces what he acknowledges will be the hard part, putting substance on the rhetoric of “change” at the center of his political appeal.
But what kind of change? Will Obama represent a third term of Bill Clinton’s centrist economic and international policies or will he mobilize his unprecedented grassroots movement to chart a more daring course?
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News analyst Pepe Escobar looks at the tricky options facing the president-elect.
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