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Chrystia Freeland | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.com

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:12:35 +0000

The Democrats are challenging that win-win story of American capitalism. Their contention is that the U.S. economy is failing the middle class. They argue that those at the top need to contribute “a little more” to help rebuild the American middle. Even more threateningly, they point out, as in their critique of Bain Capital, that some of the business strategies that have enriched the elite have actually hollowed out the middle.

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Chrystia Freeland | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.com

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:12:35 +0000

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Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics - The Daily Beast

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:28:30 +0000

The right calls him a socialist, the left says he sucks up to Wall Street, and independents think he's a wimp. Andrew Sullivan on how the president may just end up outsmarting them all.

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The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! - Forbes

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:42:37 +0000

This is the true ‘bomb’ contained in Obamacare and the one item that will have more impact on the future of how medical care is paid for in this country than anything we’ve seen in quite some time. Indeed, it is this aspect of the law that represents the true ‘death panel’ found in Obamacare—but not one that is going to lead to the death of American consumers. Rather, the medical loss ratio will, ultimately, lead to the death of large parts of the private, for-profit health insurance industry. ... If you believe that the end of private, for-profit health insurance is some type of nefarious step towards a socialist society, then you might want to attend church this Sunday to mourn the loss of health insurers being able to worm out of covering the bills of a cancer patient because she forgot to write down on her application that she had skin acne for three months when she was a teenager.

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Obama Now Attempting To Get Each Word Of Jobs Bill Passed Individually | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:51:33 +0000

"This is a truly vital piece of legislation that needs to be approved in a bipartisan manner as swiftly as possible, and if that means passing it one single linguistic element at a time, then so be it," the president told reporters, claiming he and Republican lawmakers had already agreed on several synonyms that could be substituted for various controversial modifiers.

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Poll: Half of Americans believe Obama doesn't deserve reelection (Justin Sink/The Hill)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:20:09 +0000

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CNN poll: Americans overwhelmingly support policies in Obama jobs bill

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:50:20 +0000

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Obama blasts, mocks Senate GOP (Sam Youngman/The Hill)

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:30:00 +0000

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Obama plans to turn anti-Wall Street anger on Mitt Romney, Republicans (Peter Wallsten/Washington Post)

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:30:00 +0000

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Jeff Schweitzer: Dow Hovers Near 11,000: This is Obama's Market

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:32:07 +0000

"With jaw-dropping, surreal, outrageous, unbelievable hypocrisy probably never before matched in scope and breadth, by the first week of March 2009, just over one month into the Obama presidency, Republicans were blaming Obama for the dire economic news. For eight years under Bush any bad news was Clinton's fault; just one month into Obama's presidency, Bush was innocent of all blame. We do not have a vocabulary that can capture the deep absurdity of this assault on reason."

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Obama sends Molson beer to cover hockey bet - Yahoo! News

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:11:10 +0000

"President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister."

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Rachel Maddow rips apart Cheney, GOP attack machine - Daily Kos TV (beta)

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:28:45 +0000

"Again, my friends and colleagues in the media have two choices in covering this. You can just copy down what the Republicans and Vice President Cheney are saying, and click "send," call it journalism, or you can actually fact-check those comments and put them into context. Your choice. It’s your country."

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The Same Old Washington Blame Game | The White House

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:01:35 +0000

"President Obama doesn’t need to beat his chest to prove it, and – unlike the last Administration – we are not at war with a tactic (“terrorism”), we at war with something that is tangible: al Qaeda and its violent extremist allies. And we will prosecute that war as long as the American people are endangered."

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Obama Orders Stephen's Haircut - Ray Odierno | June 8, 2009 | ColbertNation.com

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:23:33 +0000

"Under direct orders from Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama, General Ray Odierno shaves Stephen's head. (05:15)"

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I smoke pot, and I like it - THE WEEK

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:27:27 +0000

"This is a profoundly necessary idea. If we’re to begin to roll back our stupid and deadly drug war, the stigma of responsible drug use has got to end, and marijuana is the best place to start. The super-savvy Barack Obama managed to turn a buck by coming out of the cannabis (and cocaine) closet in a bestselling memoir. That’s progress. But his admission came with the politicians’ caveat of regret. We’ll make real progress when solid, upstanding folk come out of the cannabis closet, heads held high."

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