The new Pottery Barn rule: Obama owns every problem

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President Obama‘s second term is proving that the so-called Pottery Barn rule needs revision: If it’s broken, you own it.

On issues ranging from Iraq to healthcare, immigration and the economy, the president is increasingly taking the blame for a raft of problems that were there before he came to the Oval Office and will likely be there when he leaves.

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