politico.com - 1/29/2009
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Barack Obama's trip to Capitol Hill hasn't brought some grand compromise with House Republicans, but it would be a mistake to read that as a failure.
The latest, Politico reports : "President Barack Obama rolled into the Capitol with a clear message for Republicans Tuesday afternoon: ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/24/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
According to an account in the New York
Post, President Barack Obama yesterday told Republican leaders, "You
can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." With George W. Bush now off the stage, it may be that Obama and some of his fellow ...
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Limbaugh Responds to Obama
bostonherald.com - 1/26/2009
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bostonherald.com —
ight-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh took aim today
at President Barack Obama s warning to top Republicans
that they need to quit listening to the conservative talker if they want to get along. Now this is the great unifier, Limbaugh told listeners just ...
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Rush Limbaugh fires back at Obama criticism
mediamatters.org - 1/28/2009
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mediamatters.org —
During the 1990s, Rush Limbaugh became a Republican
and right-wing darling by relentlessly slandering and smearing President
Clinton, his family, and his administration. With a Democrat back in the White House, Limbaugh has wasted no time hurling ...
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"Number One voice for conservatism" Rush Limbaugh wastes ...
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President Obama and House Republicans
The Next Right —
... "Obama's aides cast the visit as an outstretched hand — and it got slapped."
Obama went to Republicans saying I'll talk, but I won't compromise. Republicans went to Obama saying we'll talk, but we won't compromise. I'm not surprised that Obama's aides tried to paint him as the gracious victim, but I'm a little surprised that the Politico printed it, unchallenged.
However, Ben Smith has an excellent take on what it all means.
Obama has always seemed to distinguish ...
Rush and them
Balloon Juice —
... the troglodytes who like Fox News, only about half like Rush Limabugh. Ouch.
Blumenthal speculates about the new “Rush or Obama” ads:
My guess is that some Democratic sponsored focus group conducted this week confirmed that voters in the middle perceive Rush Limbaugh as the antithesis to the Obama “bipartisanship brand,” and as such, are not unhappy to see Limbaugh’s profile in this fight rise.
Ben expands:
“[B]ipartisanship” is as much a brand as ...
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