At the start of his second term , Barack Obama has major issues left undone from his first . Deficits , Social Security and Medicare are carried over into his second - term agenda . Biden on Obama at start of second term : 'In simpatico ' Obama aides bristle at suggestions he is responsible for the trust deficit with the GOP ; they say Republicans made a decision very early on in the first term to oppose virtually every Obama initiative . Education . Science and technology , also are issues that will dominate next four years .
At the start of his second term , Barack Obama has major issues left undone from his first . Deficits , Social Security and Medicare are carried over into his second - term agenda . Education . Science and technology , also are issues that will dominate next four years .