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By Andrea Stone - AOL News
WASHINGTON (Dec. 6) -- The people who elected Barack Obama president in 2008 are not amused as 2010 comes to a close. Even before the White House announced a framework for a deal to extend for two years the Bush tax cuts to all -- including millionaires -- and offer more protection to large estates in exchange for Republicans agreeing to extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, liberal Democrats fumed over what they see as a sell-out: The Progressive Change Campaign Committee came up with an ad urging Obama to "keep your promise" and not to cave to Republicans by extending tax ...
I Pledge Allegiance, To Obama ...
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyWell the campaign is over, but the Obama worship hasn't slowed in the slightest. Obama's face is everywhere, even more so now than in the exuberant glow that followed Invesco or the attempted hypnosis of his maudlin 30-minute pre-election Barackablitz. The coming of age for Obamapalooza was the birthing of digital offspring, as we shall now see the advent of all-Obama television and radio programming. But this, still, is not far enough for that large and growing population of Americans for whom Obama is all things. We've already had the Presidential Seal redesigned and are apparently getting a ...
A Distinction Without a Difference
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyA minor controversy has arisen over the meaning of remarks made by a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama at a recent Florida rally. The woman told a Miami television interviewer that she was excited for the prospect of Sen. Obama's election because, among other things, she never thought, "that this day would ever happen." This is where the controversy begins. The woman continued, stating her beliefs about what a potential Obama administration would do for her. One transcription of her quote had her saying "I won't have to work on putting gas in my car, I won't have to work on paying my mortgage. ...
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