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By Creature That's the percentage of people who had a "very positive reaction" to the president's speech last night. Another 24% fell in the "somewhat positive" range and only 8% were willing to admit a "negative reaction." Those are some very good numbers for a president who already had the ...
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House Party with Nancy Pelosi
N/A — A friend of mine thought Nancy Pelosi jumped up and down a lot last night.  Obama rocked her world and her house last night.  We are now in The Age of Obama. Is this all so Reaganesque?  And after Obama has spoken, the people have spoken.  Yay, Obama.  Yay. Nancy can’t wait until Obama drops by again.

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