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• President Obama's Teflon Coating: Demographics May 22, 2013
  So, you know, last week was the worst week ever in the Obama presidency, and the Republicans really got him on the SCANDALS!!!!! See for yourself: 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president's approval rating was at 51% in CNN's last poll, which was conducted in early April. [. […]
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• If government is evil, then so are we May 21, 2013
  Cross-posted on The Obama Diary. If one lives in an oppressive system, like Iran or North Korea, then, yes, one can quite easily make the claim that government can be evil. Modern history is littered with examples of evil governments, from Stalin’s USSR to Pol Pot’s Cambodia. But what all these governments have in common is a lack of agency among its subject […]
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• Open Thread: GOP Shocked to Learn American People No Longer Trusts them on National Security May 14, 2013
  Did you know that this is the Month of ScandalsTM that will once and for all bring down the evil Obama conspiracy? Neither does most of America. PPP's newest national poll finds that Republicans aren't getting much traction with their focus on Benghazi over the last week. Voters trust Hillary Clinton over Congressional Republicans on the issue of B […]
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