Despite fears on the right that Obama would trample the Second Amendment and take peoples guns, his presidency has so far been marked by a string of pro-gun victories and a reinvigorated gun advocacy movement � the result of a Democratic leadership that has proven unwilling to take on powerful firearm interests.
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http://washingtonindependent.com/91209/fears-aside-gun-rights-thrive-under-obama
Drill, baby, drill!� Those were the words that Sarah Palin used to electrify the 2008 Republican National Convention.
But while she popularized that environment-be-damned slogan, it had already defined the eight years of oil-drilling policy that prevailed during the presidency of George W. Bush.
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http://www.thenation.com/article/verify-baby-verify?sms_ss=digg
It would seem unlikely that an event as historic -- by both sides' accounts -- as the passage of a healthcare bill would pass unnoticed in the opinion polls that measure the temperature of a presidency.
The immediate effect of the past few days' events in Washington has been a gradual increase in President Barack Obama's job approval in the.....
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2010/03/obamas-poll-numbers-gallup-healthcare-.html
It perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for.Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform "a miracle" and a major victory for Obama's presidency, but couldn't help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist...
It is imperative for the country, the economy, the party, and the Obama presidency that Democrats resist the temptation to let this rare opportunity slip by.
The most effective path forward is also the most obvious . . .
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001w.benen.html
Billionaire Sebastian Pinera won Chile's presidential election Sunday in the country's first democratic election of a right-wing ruler in 52 years.
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http://www.dailypress.com/news/national/sns-ap-lt-chile-election,0,1516912.story
