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Can Democrats Change and chew gum at the same time?

By ottonomy on August 19, 2010

When I first heard the kerfuffle about the “Ground Zero Mosque,” I figured it would blow right over. Lower Manhattan is a big place, and there are plenty of establishments within a half dozen stone’s throws from Ground Zero. But American intolerance for Islam always does seem to sneak up on me. The story just [...]

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Re: Paul Krugman, “Obama’s Trust Problem”

By ottonomy on August 24, 2009

Paul Krugman recently wrote a good article on health care, in surprise that Obama and the Democrats didn’t expectsome resistance from the left after bailing out chummy banks and rolling over on health care (among other “compromises”). Specifically: “Until the idea of the public option came along, a significant faction within the party rejected anything [...]

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