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    I'm not happy with Ben Nelson' vote (or with his performance in general), but as a pragmatic, political matter, I…
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    • Charles Payne wrote a history of SNCC and the Mississippi Freedom Movement titled "I've Got the Light of Freedom".  In…
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    • Ed J, we can legitimately disagree over how much stimulus Obama could/should have asked for. But to conclude from that,…
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    • A bit more about Tip:  After Reagan won and the Republicans took the Senate in 1980, O'Neill saw himself, while…
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    • Also, nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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    • Brodie, thanks for your thoughtful response. I'm reminded that politics is more art than science.  For example, we remember the…
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    • but I want to try this out. I'm making my way though Thomas Sugrue's "Sweet Land of Liberty", a history…
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    • It's often hard to tell exactly what leverage Obama (or any president) has, and what leverage he uses. Having said…
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    • Oh, okay.  I agree with that.  Although Cuomo was a pretty good campaigner and orator in his own right.
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    • Calvin Jones, I have heard the latest on that, and I share your anger.   It's at times like this…
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    • Tarheel Dem, I don't know what deals were cut that led to Obama choosing Rev. Warren to give the opening…
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    • Obviously this is just my opinion and opinions can legitimately differ.  But, having lived in New York for a good…
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    • jcbhan, thanks for the post.  I think you're right that Obama, and many others (including me), underestimated the willingness and…
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    • I remember hearing the Rev. Jesse Jackson speak when he was running for president in the 1980s.  A regular part…
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    • Calvin Jones, I was all ready to be disappointed in Elena Kagan's performance as a Supreme Court Justice---then I remember…
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    • Mario Cuomo used to lament the difference between "the poetry of campaigning and the prose of governing".  Fortunately for all…
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    • jcbhan, opinions differ (and rightly so) on whether Obama should have plucked so many Senators for Cabinet posts.  As to…
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    • Not to disagree with anything above, but if the first act of the next session of the Senate is to…
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    • chadwick, thanks for the clarification, and for sparking the conversation.
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    • chadwick, I can understand your concerns, and share some of them. The Social Security fight in Bush's second term alleviated…
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