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It’s lonely at the top

The second year of Barack Obama’s presidency is only four days old and his agenda is already in tatters.

Healthcare reform is dead. Climate-change legislation is a non-starter. The ­Democratic Party is devouring itself and Republicans will take back the House, the Senate and the country at the first possible opportunity. Obituary season has begun.