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Hope 2.0: Standing With Obama Over the Long Haul

Mark Klempner | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Mark Klempner

It's not that I object to critical thinking. We need it. Yet, while we're reminding Obama of his promises and scrutinizing him on his decisions, we need to stand with him.

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David Brooks Slams Obama's "Liberal Suicide March"

New York Times | DAVID BROOKS | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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It was interesting to watch the Republican Party lose touch with America. You had a party led by conservative Southerners who neither understood nor s...

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Obama and the Left

Gara LaMarche | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

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Gara LaMarche

Obama has genuine real-world issues to balance, and I have no reason to believe he has not arrived at these few controversial decisions genuinely and in a typically thoughtful and engaged manner.

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Phasing Out of Transition and Into the Book Business

Mike Lux | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

Leaving transition work, I find myself a lot more hopeful about generally progressive policy coming out of the Obama administration than some of my friends in the progressive blogosphere.

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Obama's Supreme Court: Who Would He Pick?

Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's election probably does not herald a new liberal era at the Supreme Court, since none of the conservative justices -- who are in the maj...

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Sam Stein

McCain Ad Goes Back To The Well: Obama A Liberal Liar

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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John McCain is out with a post-debate ad that, perhaps in a sign of how the affair went, doesn't even mention last night's affair. Titled "Folks," t...

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The Corporate Media Experiment: Why Isn't Senator Obama 'One of Us'?

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

McCain couldn't possibly be an elitist and out of touch with most Americans because it doesn't fit the media narrative. He's just not.

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Netroots Activist: Obama Win Would Be Victory For "Centrist Government"

Washington Post | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama put himself on the opposite side of his party's leadership in the Senate yesterday by reversing course ...

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Why Chase The Center When You Can Rendezvous with It?

Darin Murphy | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Darin Murphy

The movement that Obama created launched his campaign to a higher altitude than the conventional path. Now he needs to stay on message, keep making sense and let the center catch up with him.

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Sam Stein

McCain Camp: Obama Too Liberal...And He Sides With Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Preempting Barack Obama's remarks tonight, the McCain campaign sent out a statement highlighting the fact that the Illinois Democrat had, on many occa...

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How Barack Obama Can Frame His "Liberal" Label

Stephen Ducat | Posted 05.05.2008 | 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 Defends Liberal Label

MSNBC | Aswini Anburajan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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In the shadow of the state capitol that provided the United States with one of the most conservative presidents in recent history, Obama last night ra...

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