host: julian zelizer is a professor at princeton university. nd a fellow at the new america foundation. he joins us now. dr. zelizer, i would like to start with a new article. only starting with the president who is trying to remake himself? guest: i think we are seeing that. i don't think he is doing anything that is new, in terms of his agenda, but he is using oor planning er -- to -- more aggressively than he has in past years. he is going back to two key things that i think he has felt would ated that congress not deal with. one is immigration reform, and one is climate change. when the midterms everything looks bleak, hhe has sent a clear signal to congress that he will move ahead without them if they're not willing to tackle these issues. host: with so much pushback, see the other lanes where he could continue as he tries to create the new president obama here? guest: even with the pushback on immigration reform, i think you will continue to move forward. think he anticipated this. he understood that this would debate e immigration about e

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