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Early Clues Ignored That Obama Would Be McCain's Siamese Twin On the Big Ticket Issues

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It's getting harder and harder to find much difference between presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain...

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How Barack Obama Can Frame His "Liberal" Label

Stephen Ducat | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Ducat

Obama needs to hew to what has been a largely successful strategy of branding himself as the candidate who transcends labels and shrink-wrapped ideologies.

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Obama, The Rookie

John Fund | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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John Fund

While Republicans tend to nominate their best-known candidate from previous nomination battles, Democrats often fall in love during a first date. They are then surprised when all the relatives don't think he's splendid.

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Top Ten Reasons Why the Media Should Stop Citing Obama's "Most Liberal" Rating

Brendan Spiegel | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media

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Brendan Spiegel

It is irresponsible for the nation's leading news organizations to report on this list without noting its obvious flaws.

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Jason Linkins

Flawed Study Ranks Obama As "Most Liberal"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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What does it all mean? Not much more than the National Journal finding "liberals" to be scary! The whole endeavor is a twisted skein of fuzzy math and ever shifting standards.

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Small Lies, Big Lies, and the Israel Lobby (Part II)

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

Criticizing the policies of the Israeli government: it is no more anti-Semitic to do so than it is anti-American to criticize the Bush administration.

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Small lies, big lies, and the Israel lobby

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

Is the Israel lobby just one among a whole slew of lobbies, each pulling Washington its own way? Or can it trump all the others? What the data show is surprisingly little.

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