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Obama One Year Later

One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

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Obama's First Year: It Ain't No Crystal Staircase

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

Obama is a man of exceptional grace. But the grace misleads; this is a politician of intense ambition, discipline and grit. He understands and wields the power of the word.

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Tragically Charismatic

Rob Johnson | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

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Rob Johnson

A politician with great persuasive power can use it in two ways. It can be used to cultivate the energy of the general interest, or it can be used to try and mollify the people while facilitating the elites' agenda.

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Obama's Invisible Victories

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Deepak Chopra

We cannot shortchange the shift in consciousness that Obama's election stands for and that his Presidency continues to inspire. The left is always caught between moral righteousness and legislative reality.

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Obama Election Reactions Around The World: A Look Back One Year Later (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 11.04.2009 | Style

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Exactly one year ago today, on the night of November 4th, 2008, Barack Obama was elected the next President of the United States. To say that people a...

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One Year Later: No Longer Time for Dancing

Michael Roth | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Michael Roth

The euphoria of last November has turned to disappointment for many of those who celebrated so raucously on campus. This is no longer the time for dancing, but it is the time to work for progressive change.

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HuffPost Readers Judge Obama's Presidency: "Where Is The Temerity We Saw When He Campaigned?"

Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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One year after Obama was elected we asked HuffPost readers to compare Obama the candidate to the Obama the President. Has he lived up to his promises...

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Obama Is Timid Because Progressives Are Timid

Aaron Belkin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Belkin

What can we expect from a President who presides over a relatively conservative public, whose party is fractured by a fundamental contradiction, and whose legislative agenda is held hostage by Ben Nelson?

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Base to Obama: Come In, Please

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

Obama seems to be deliberately moving his party rightward in order to capture the political spectrum from center/right to left. He wants to become the Tony Blair of American politics.

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America Is Still Holding on to Hope

Andres Ramirez | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Andres Ramirez

Republicans leaders have been attempting to prevent Obama from moving America in a different direction. However, they haven't prevented him from enacting several significant pieces of legislation in his first year in office.

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The Obamas' 16 Sweetest Family Photos Since The Election (PICTURES, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

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As many photographers can attest, the Obamas are unusually photogenic first family. Below, one year after Barack Obama was elected president, here's a...

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Joe Scarborough Mocks Plouffe's Use Of Stem Cell Research To Defend Obama's Record (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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On the "Today Show" Tuesday David Plouffe defended President Obama's record in office so far by pointing out a number of things he has achieved. One o...

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Obama Gets Good Grades at the United Nations

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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Stephen Schlesinger

Obama has compiled an extraordinary list of accomplishments already at the UN. Let's begin with his decision to appoint a new ambassador, Susan Rice, who actually believes in the UN.

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One Year Later: Gerald Ford Will Always Be President

James Pinkerton | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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James Pinkerton

There's been no Rooseveltian realignment for Obama, just Clintonian regression. Perhaps the situation might have been different if he had focused on jobs rather than health care and global warming.

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Obama's "Timidity" is a Foreign Policy Virtue

Joseph Nye | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Joseph Nye

Considering what he inherited, and the accomplishments he has made regarding America's image and extension of soft power abroad, Obama's first year cannot be said to have lacked audacity.

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One Year Along: freehopeandchange.com

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

It was maybe March of this year that I first said I thought the then-new President was in the process of making two major, perhaps historic, mistakes. That verdict stands.

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The Audacity Of Obama's Foreign Policy

Lionel Beehner | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Those who thought Obama would end all war, wipe out global poverty, save the environment, and eradicate terrorism in one fell swoop will be sadly disappointed by this mere earthling's first year performance.

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Obama, One Year On

Todd Gitlin | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

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Todd Gitlin

The Obama operation proved its mastery at campaigning, looks pretty good at the inside game, but outsider politics--movement campaigns--haven't kept up.

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One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.

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One Year After His Election, Obama On Verge of Audaciously Fulfilling His Promise as the Green FDR

Joseph Romm | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

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Joseph Romm

Future historians will inevitably judge all 21st-century presidents on just two issues: global warming and the clean energy transition. In that sense, Obama's first year has been a promising success.

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Obama: The Central Question of Our Time

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Obama's first year has not been full of good signs. He got a few things done while clearly leaning on the wrong side on the most important issues. But it's nowhere near too late.

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One Year Ago, One Year From Now

Mike Lux | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

Barack Obama raised our expectations through the roof with his stirring campaign. He needs to deliver change we can believe in. He needs to convince us that "yes, we can" is more than a political slogan.

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The Striking Obama Record

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

This is no time for buyer's remorse when it comes to Obama. Compare him to JFK and his first year record starts to look pretty good. For one thing, he's avoided disaster. Bravo, Mr. President!

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Obama's First Year -- Playing the Beltway Game

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Presidential candidate Obama revved up millions with his hope and change mantra. President Obama quickly replaced that with playing the Beltway game. And here we are, one year later.

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Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of Governing

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

If Obama wants to make sure he doesn't let down the millions who believed he really would change the system, he should read the The Audacity to Win -- and rediscover a whole host of things he knows, but seems to have forgotten.

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