thenation.com - 11/17/2008
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In 2006, when the Democrats recaptured the House and Senate, there wasn't any doubt about the antiwar mandate. That election was widely seen as a referendum on the Iraq War, and the new Democratic majority felt empowered by it. In 2008, though, it isn't so clear. According to voter surveys and ...
thenation.com - 11/20/2008
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thenation.com —
In 2006, when the Democrats recaptured the House
and Senate, there wasn't any doubt about the antiwar...
mandate. That election was widely seen as a referendum on the Iraq War, and the new Democratic majority felt empowered by it. In 2008, though, it ...
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Gitmo Disappointment Coming
Antiwar.com Original —
O f course, the default position for any citizen with a modicum of experience and common sense should be to prepare to be disappointed by a politician, especially one in whom one was rash enough to invest much hope. We are already seeing a certain amount of backing and filling from the Obama camp on withdrawal from Iraq , and he has verbally committed us to a more extensive ...
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... ⢠As Robert Dreyfuss argues in The Nation, "by naming a Republican to Defense, Obama risks a concession to the canard that Democrats are ill-suited to handle national security, and he would pass up the opportunity to inject bold thinking and budget-cutting - both of which the Pentagon sorely needs." ...
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