What the midterm elections proved is that the Ameri-can people do not trust Barack Obama to lead them. And trust, that magic five-letter word, is the most important element in the relationship between a nation and its government. Trust has been of central importance in American history. During the long and exhausting War of Independence the American people gradually learned to trust George Washington. They subsequently were happy to have him preside over theprocess of governing that led to the writing of the U.S. Constitution.
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