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Is This What It Means To Be An Obama "Progressive?"
I am an Obama supporter. Who could not be when McCain is the other choice? But pols are pols and do what they do. That's why I rip them all when they do the wrong thing, by my lights. For example, as Obama did on FISA Capitulation. But a new breed of Democrat and "progressive" is emerging. Glenn's Greenwald's interview with Mort Halperin allows us to coin a new phrase - a Halperin ...
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Defining the "Obama Progressive"
The Discerning Texan — ... A NEW BREED OF "Obama progressive." "One who decides what the right position is for progressives based on what Barack Obama does." I nominate Keith Olbermann! ...

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