A trillion dollars on the table: Part 2 (Inside Story)

Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama is facing the first major legislative test of his administration: the passing of his reforming health care bill, with a potentially massive impact on spending. If Obama doesn't succeed on this key legislation, his entire reform agenda and his presidency will be fundamentally diminished.



Australian-born Professor Simon Jackman, based at Stanford University in California, is currently a visiting professor at the United States Study Centre at the University of Sydney, from where he discussed Obama's prospects as a reformist legislator via iChat with Peter Clarke.