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Did President Obama try to end partisan bickering?

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    Peter Johnson, Jr. weighs in

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President is expected to emphasize the need for common ground in Washington in his inaugural speech today.

Which is also what he promised for years ago.

We come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances.

And false promises the recriminations.

And worn out dog wants the for far too long have strangled our politics.

-- is right now it's Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson junior Peter -- set these chairs for years ago as he kept that promise.

I think today -- -- day for new beginning Steve in some ways he has not kept those promises.

But this is -- -- great anticipation big anticipation turned its momentous day in our American pageant.

It's a day when we say that common ground is the most important part.

Of our lives now common ground though means yielding ground.

Common ground isn't merely mean allowing people to come sit with you on your side and who's to say.

-- in -- give up something.

In exchange for your participation.

In the process I think that's what a lot of Americans -- hoping for today in this speech I think.

A successful normal speech as measured by its ability.

To convince.

-- prisons detractors to convince -- president's opponents sure that they are welcome that they are part of the process that they are part of this incredible country.

And I hope that he is successful.

In doing that that today on this important day.

We are not alone Peter people want stuff done in the next two years in four years as well but if you if you look what would refer from the president so far.

We've got that the Fox News poll that shows that.

The general public feels like since he was reelected he's become more kind of confrontational.

Toward Republicans in congress well -- I think a lot of people.

Was thinking that his victory has kind of been held.

And almost hubris that that needs to be and that dropped going forward.

This is an opportunity to do this they should be the least political speech of his entire.

Career they should be a new beginning a new opportunity to bring Americans together in this period of king.

King Dr.

Martin Luther King was about the spirit of inclusion.

And that's what his speech should be about I expect they'll talk about the children the future of children.

A framed a lot of contacts including gun violence but he also needs to look at the children future in terms of economic debt.

An economic.

Slavery.

Through great deficits well let's hope you're right and they get some things done they compromise this Peter just citing that it is indeed thank you sir is see.

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