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TIME Magazine released an extensive interview Thursday by Michael Scherer (formerly of Salon.com and Mother Jones) with President Barack Obama entitled; "What He Knows Now: Obama on Popularity, Partisanship and Getting Things Done in Washington." The piece will be published in the September 10 issue, and features the president's explanation for decisions he made over his first term, what he would do differently in a second term, in addition to what he sees as stark differences between himself and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
During the interview, that was conducted from Air Force One on August 21, President Obama also makes sure to mention former President George W. Bush, Sen. Mitch McConnell's statement on making him a one-term president, and Grover Norquist's infamous "drown [government] in a tub" comment. Here are five interesting take-aways from the Time interview:
President Obama is set to hit the road Friday for five straight days of campaigning in battleground states leading up to accepting his renomination at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, next Thursday.