But, with the end of his presidency in view, he finally seems to recognize that securing his legacy requires overcoming not just interest groups, but the structure of interest-group politics in America. He is now at loggerheads with the Republican congressional majority over his landmark climate-change agreement with China and his controversial amnesty plan for illegal immigrants.
奥巴马对于来自利益集团的压力——以及反对——并不陌生。但是，随着总统任期的临近，他终于开始认识到，要想留下遗产，就不但要克服利益集团，还要克服美国利益集团政治的结构。如今，在他里程碑式的对华气候变化协议和饱受争议的非法移民大赦计划上，他已经与共和党国会多数针锋相对。