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Will Obama be conciliatory like Clinton or confrontational like Reagan?

Obama could take differing lessons from Reagan, Clinton and Bush — all of whom had a Congress of the opposite party in their final years as president.

U.S. President Bill Clinton shades his eyes as he waits to be introduced at an event in Newport, R.I. in 1998.
U.S. President Bill Clinton shades his eyes as he waits to be introduced at an event in Newport, R.I. in 1998.© Win McNamee / Reuters