Mort Zuckerman (pictured) is the owner and publisher of New York Daily News and is editor in chief of U.S. News and World Report.
The hope that fired up the election of Barack Obama has flickered out, leaving a national mood of despair and disappointment. Americans are dispirited over how wrong things are and uncertain they can be made right again.
There is a widespread feeling that the government doesn't work, that it is incapable of solving America's problems.
More of Zuckerman's assessment of Washington politics here.
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