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Eight years later: Obama’s broken promise on the revolving door

By Timothy P. Carney
Published January 12, 2016 9:45pm ET
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Eight years later: Obama’s broken promise on the revolving door
If President Obama were interested in honest self-criticism in his final State of the Union address, he would admit that he failed on this central promise. In fact, Obama totally abandoned the idea, if he ever believed in it at all. (AP Photo) | Carolyn Kaster

Undergirding his pledges to “remake America,” in specific areas — foreign policy, the economy, healthcare, banking and more — Barack Obama promised systemic change. He promised to fix the way Washington works.

He promised to unrig the game.

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