Obama must be decisive if he does not want to be a one-term president

HE CAME into office on a wave of promise and promises.

He was cerebral and lucid, in sharp contrast to his predecessor. And now, as the contest for a second term unofficially gets under way, what is shocking is that what looks like keeping Barack Obama in the White House is not his performance or personal popularity, but the lack of a sufficiently credible contender on the Republican side.

Barack Obama is already on the road, headed for one town hall meeting after