2 of 4: Victor Davis Hanson: "Political Challenges Facing the Obama Administration"

As President Barack Obama forges his own legacy while attempting to solve a myriad of problems facing the nation in these troubled times, the media seems to applaud every step he takes further from Bush Administration policies. On Wednesday, March 4th, School of Public Policy visiting professor Victor Davis Hanson explored the "Political Challenges Facing the Obama Administration," at Pepperdine University, Malibu.

Hanson, the Spring 2009 William E. Simon Distinguished Visiting Professor, explained the reasons why he believes Obama, despite Utopian rhetoric, will learn that many of the decisions he faces offer only bad and worse choices. "While his presidential predecessor, George W. Bush, was easily caricatured as a reactionary extremist, Obama will quickly learn as President that many of Bush's policies were moderate and centrist - and should not be so quickly dismissed," Hanson says. "He may be required to modify some of his past positions, to the dismay of some of his supporters."

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