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Obama Will Be Split Screen President
The best thing about this Tuesday is we will only have to hear the phrase “there’s only one president at a time” for one more week. Mr. Obama, it seems, is still swaddled in the folds of his gift wrapping, while Mr. Bush appears to be ready to tear the last handful of pages from his desk calender.
Obama Will Be Split Screen President
The McCain-Palin Split
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Obama coopts the old McCain by severing him from the wack-job from Wasilla. More shrewd moves. If... the GOP decide to be the pajama party of Palin and Wurzelbacher in response, Obama's move will look shrewder still. (more) The McCain-Palin Split
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