Photo: #U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a one-page mortgage application form that he proposes as he delivers remarks on the economy Feb. 1, 2012 at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Virginia. Obama spoke on the mortgage principle reduction plan he had mentioned in his State of the Union address.
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U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a one-page mortgage application form that he proposes as he delivers remarks on the economy Feb. 1, 2012 at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Virginia. Obama spoke on the mortgage principle reduction plan he had mentioned in his State of the Union address. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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President Barack Obama's first term

Broadcast: Midday, 02/09/2012, 11:00 a.m.

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Award-winning authors and columnists Jonathan Alter and Hendrik Hertzberg analyze the Obama presidency as he enters his 2012 re-election campaign. They appeared at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston.

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  • Jonathan Alter: Award-winning reporter, author and columnist. Now works for Bloomberg News, after 28 years at Newsweek. Author in 2010, "The Promise: President Obama, Year One." Also, "The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope."
  • Hendrik Hertzberg: Senior editor, The New Yorker. White House speechwriter in Jimmy Carter administration. Author, "Politics: Observations & Arguments," "Obamanos!: The Birth of a New Political Era" and "One Million."
  • Renee Loth: Moderator of this JFK Library Forum. Former Boston Globe Editorial Page Editor.

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