fiscal challenge of tha day he appears at least so far to have taken a pass.e this is obviously deeplyven my disappointing to me personally given my repeatedly raising of l this issue. ert more importantly should beam deeply disicappointed to every c american who had reason to hope we could tackle these issues in a moment of divided government. and it should be disappointing to all of those who believe this president when he pledged he quo washingtonfo. past presidents had the foresight to seize the moment to reach across party lines to pro solve an earlier funding problem with social security in the case of president reagan and welfares reform in the case of presidenta clinton.es so it isn't a question ofpr whether it is possible but whether the president has the courage to step up to the challenges that we face. in this case, one can't help but wonder if the president who came into office promising change has been changed by the office. i hope i'm wrong about all of this but all of the signs point w,wards inaction on the part ofe the white house, and in my view this would be a tragic fa