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Obama's secret weapons

Submitted by kieronb on Wed, 2011-11-09 11:42

Obama's secret weapons "At least he and the Democrats are trying to do something; and to the extent that the economy is still stalled, majorities will fix blame for that on the Republicans, for voting no-no-no-no-no en bloc to everything."

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