Obama Still ‘Surprised’ by Level of Partisanship in Washington
- Outgoing president speaks in interview on CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’
- Obama says he didn’t ‘crack the code’ in reducing partisanship
Barack Obama.
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President Barack Obama said that upon becoming president he was “surprised” at the severity of partisanship in Washington -- and that it continues to shock him even now.
“I’d been warned about it,” Obama, who often portrayed himself as transcending politics during his first presidential campaign, said Sunday in his final network television interview as president.