It's not entirely clear whether these collaborations on Iraq are an attempt to elevate the president's approval ratings, so that he can again try to drive an agenda with his majorities in Congress or whether they're a legitimate second-term effort to be more collaborative.
Quotes about second-term (4 Quotes)
Although we're always open to ideas from the business community, this isn't on the mayor's second-term agenda.
As the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation.
One of the challenges of any second-term administration is you always lose a certain amount of identification with the Congress, because everybody in the Congress in the first term knows you'll be out there in the next campaign with them, ... Your motives are always a little more suspect when you don't have to face the voters again.