Like most recent American presidents, Obama campaigned on a promise to work with his political opponents for the greater good of the country. Bill Clinton said much the same thing before he was elected, and then spent his first term in a knockdown fight with Newt Gingrich’s Republican majority in Congress, and his second term fighting off impeachment.
像最近几任美国总统一样，奥巴马竞选中承诺说为了更大的国家利益要与他的政治对手们合作。克林顿在他当选之前也说了同样的话，然而在他当选后的第一任期中对纽特·金里奇领导的在国会占多数的共和党进行打击，在他的第二个任期中忙于击退对他的弹劾。