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Published 2/11/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker
President Obama has chosen pragmatism over ideology as he has navigated the stimulus debate.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — It is not unusual for a presidential candidate to try to win friends and influence voters. That's what elections are about, so we tend to excuse political posturing when we see it — because we have come to expect [...]
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