LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
from some of its supporters that
Apple’s version hasn’t yet lived up
to its original potential — even as
its slogan, “Your wish is its command,” promises to, as Bosker
puts it, “fulfill any desire.”
Elsewhere in the issue, Howard
Fineman kicks off our new series,
“The Road Forward: Obama’s Second Term Challenges,” a nod to the
president’s 2012 campaign slogan
“Forward.” As Fineman writes, “He
has yet to improve the lives and lot
of average Americans; to erect the
edifices of health care and banking reform; to enact immigration
reform or implement strong new
environmental rules; to set a consistent course for our role in the
world; or to soothe the corrosive
tone of public life in Washington.”
To take stock of Obama’s accomplishments and failures so far,
and to document the ways he’s
trying to make good on his pledge
to move the country forward,
we’ve put 18 Huffington Post reporters in Washington and New
York, plus six in Canada and Europe, on the beat. We›ll be putting the spotlight on a range of
issues that will define Obama’s
second term: from poverty, educa-
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tion reform, and foreign affairs to
bank regulation, the environment
and immigration. We begin with
Dave Jamieson and Arthur Delaney on Obama’s crucial but fragile relationship with America’s
[Siri] is a story rooted
in the belief that cutting-edge
technology can lift us into
a higher state of living.”
foundering middle class; Mark
Gongloff on how Obama must reform the financial system; David
Wood on the president’s drone
war; and Tom Zeller Jr. on the
high expectations and big challenges Obama will face on climate
change in his second term. By
measuring Obama’s performance
on these and other defining issues,
The Road Forward will, as Fineman puts it, keep the spotlight on
whether Obama “will be shrewd,
persistent and tough enough to
turn great promise into
true greatness.”
ARIANNA