Obama Partisanship

Obama Memos Reveal Key Difficulties

The New Yorker | Ryan Lizza | Posted 01.23.2012

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On a frigid January evening in 2009, a week before his Inauguration, Barack Obama had dinner at the home of George Will, the Washington Post columnist...

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Obama Doubles Down On 'Civility' In Somber Post-Election Remarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama took the Democratic Party's midterm election drubbing in stride during a press conference on Wednesday, insisting...

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Is Obama Reluctant To Head The Democratic Party?

New York Times | MATT BAI | Posted 05.25.2011

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A year and a half after they sat, shivering and awestruck, on a January morning and listened to the sounds of a million cheers careering off the marbl...

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The End of an Illusion

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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With all the health care bill's deficiencies, winning its passage would be a triumph, not just for expansion of health coverage, but for Obama's capacity to grow in office and defeat Republican obstruction.

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Obama Calls Out Conservative Democrats For Their Timidity

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just as President Obama's appearance before the House Republican caucus last Friday gave him an opportunity to push back against some of the most outl...

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McCain: Obama Created More Partisan Environment Than Bill Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped into the president on Sunday for abandoning his pledge to foster bipartisanship in Washington, accusing Obama of cre...

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Difficult Dilemmas in Word and Deed: The Costs and Benefits of Bipartisan Rhetoric in Resuscitating an Ailing Economy

Drew Westen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama ran as both the candidate of change and the candidate of pragmatism and bipartisan action. So does he tell the story of our economic collapse and what we need to do about it without mentioning that someone actually caused it?

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Obama's Former Progressive Liaison: Post-Partisanship Doesn't Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's pledge for a post-partisan America has a skeptic in his former liaison to the progressive community. Mike Lux, who served for nearly t...

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Bush Blames Others For Washington's Still-Partisan Tone

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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George W. Bush ended his final news conference on a note of lament. Slightly more than a week before he cedes the Oval Office to Barack Obama, the 43...

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Ad Wars: McCain Quotes Biden; Obama Quotes Reagan

Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Hi, I'm John McCain and I approve this message. But, before we begin, I have to admit...I can't believe my opponent's running mate said this. Makin...

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Obama Takes On Economy, Partisanship In Direct Ad (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's campaign is releasing a new television ad in which the Senator, speaking directly to the camera, lays out his economic agenda and posit...

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