Obama First Year

Obama: Year One, a Report Card.

Will Durst | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Durst

History: C plus. Apparently wasn't paying attention during Clinton Health Care instructional in '93. Looks like we'll be forced to repeat this class every sixteen years.

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Obama's Domestic Policy: Good but not Good Enough

Dedrick Muhammad | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dedrick Muhammad

Obama can learn how to strengthen his domestic policy by following Johnson's example, taking a lead on racial inequality and an Economic Opportunity Act of 2010 that invests in working-class America.

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Inauguration Anniversary: Obama Books Then And Now (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama books started with the president himself launched onto the literary scene through the strength of his own writing and his spellbinding speech at...

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Obama's First Year: High Hopes, Harsh Reality

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's victory walk down Pennsylvania Avenue after his swearing-in last January was probably the last time he's been able to breathe...

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Paul Krugman: What Obama Failed To Do In His First Year

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lately many people have been second-guessing the Obama administration's political strategy. The conventional wisdom seems to be that President Obama t...

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Barack's Freshman Year

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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What makes a leader successful -- contrary to the expectations of our instant gratification culture -- isn't measurable by initial moves and events, and certainly not only by early results.

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Health Care, Economy, War On Terror: Is Obama Delivering?

The New York Review of Books | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Review of Books Obama and the Guantanamo Mess: A Way Out? By David Cole President Obama's announcement that the United States intends t...

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