By Jesse Jackson
“May you live in interesting times.” This curse, attributed tenuously to the Chinese, bespeaks a preference for order over change. We now live in interesting times and Americans are hungering for change. Yet, surprisingly, President Obama enjoys increasing popularity as he heads into the final days of his presidency.
Why is the president the most popular politician in America (outside of Bernie Sanders) As he put it, to be elected with popular majorities twice with the name Barack Hussein Obama, something has to be going right.
