swamppolitics.com - 2/20/2009
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by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, who will make his first formal address to a joint session of Congress as president next week, is doing well for himself by going around Congress and talking to the people, former President Bill Clinton says.
"I can't criticize him for getting out of ...
spectator.co.uk - 2/25/2009
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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Barack Obama
addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress February...
24, 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. And so it begins. The contrast between Barack ...
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The Age of Obama
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corner.nationalreview.com - 2/20/2009
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Perhaps the most striking thing about Obama's proposed
housing plan is this nugget from The New York...
Times: "Except for the provision that empowers bankruptcy judges, almost all of the other elements can be enacted by Mr. Obama without further action ...
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Who Needs Congress?
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A month in, 2-termer Bill Clinton has some advice for rookie Obama
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... As our colleague Mark Silva reports in the Swamp, last night in another interview with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News, Clinton said, "I can't criticize him for getting out of Washington once a week." ...
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