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politics.theatlantic.com - 21 days ago
The White House Political Learning Curve
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Is Barack Obama's cool style governing is fundamentally incompatible with the furnace of modern politics? Bipartisan conclaves, bringing industry to the table(s), relative transparency, accommodation and consensus meetings are all ornaments of the Obama brand. But political parties, ...
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gay.americablog.com - 25 days ago
gay ballot measure
— gay.americablog.com — Correction: The nation, minus the Democratic Party. Joe wrote last night about how the DNC's "Organizing for... America" organization (formerly known as "Obama for America") emailed Maine voters yesterday about today's election, but failed to mention ... (more) gay ballot measure

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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 24 days ago
Whither Dems? GOPers Say They Should Move To Center
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Republicans are already capitalizing on yesterday’s results to urge Dems to move to the political center —... and a debate is going to break out among Dems over whether that’s the right course or whether Dems need to firm up their ... (more) Whither Dems? GOPers Say They Should Move To Center

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gay.americablog.com - 24 days ago
gay referendum in Maine
— gay.americablog.com — Oops they did it again . We reported late yesterday that the DNC's Organizing for America (formerly... Obama for America) was emailing Mainers a generic "get out the vote" message that said nothing about the various ballot measures at play in the state, ... (more) gay referendum in Maine

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Althouse:  "Is Barack Obama’s cool style of governing fundamentally incompatible with the furnace of modern politics?"

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"Is Barack Obama’s cool style of governing fundamentally incompatible with the furnace of modern politics?"
Althouse — ... we don't intone the questions robotically. We tend to get pretty excited. But getting excited or remaining dispassionate is not the main thing. The main thing is to ask the questions. I don't see Obama doing that. I see him standing back and avoiding taking positions on things. I see him hoping that his mere existence is enough. He needs to get over that confidence. By the way, "cool" is not the right word. The right word is "phlegmatic." Now, let's give Ambinder the attention he deserves: Bipartisan conclaves, bringing industry to the ...

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