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pajamasmedia.com - 1/13/2009
Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business
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The president-elect may end up pleasing conservatives more than McCain would have. (Also read Victor Davis Hanson: From Gaza to Guantanamo)
Obama's allegedly "new" centrism and his ABC interview today - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 1/11/2009
Obama's allegedly "new" centrism and his ABC interview today - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below - Update II - Update III) The central tenets of the Beltway religion -- particularly... when a Democrat is in the White House -- have long been "centrism" and "bipartisanship." The only good Democrats are the ones who scorn their ... (more) Obama's allegedly "new" centrism and his ABC interview ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/18/2009
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard: Centrism can work
— huffingtonpost.com — What has been overlooked in the discussion about Mr. Obama's centrism is that the Left can be... as racist as the Right. And because of this, a smart politician uses what s/he can from both sides, knowing that neither really has a monopoly on the higher ... (more) Logan Nakyanzi Pollard: Centrism can work

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Daily Pundit:  I Didn’t Expect to Like McCain, Either

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The Cult of Reagan
Maggie's Farm — ... ideology above the messy business of winning elections that has helped condemn the GOP to minority status. A two party system in a nation of 300m people demands that each party be a broad church. Reagan recognised this; his successors seem to have forgotten it. Read the whole thoughtful thing. You can get the other side of the argument from an emotional Michelle today. Debate is good. Certainty is never good. Related: Could Obama's centrism drive the GOP out of business?   ...

I Didn’t Expect to Like McCain, Either
Daily Pundit — Pajamas Media » Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business Obama’s Centrism Could Drive the GOP Out of Business The president-elect may end up pleasing conservatives more than McCain would have. This sort of stuff is the rawest of early-innings wishful thinking. Let’s see how Ms. Rubin feels a year down the road. I didn’t vote for either of these lefties, by the way.

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