Barack Obama and the ‘Centrist’ Fantasy About Dealing With the GOP

Benefit of the Doubt

Columnists can hope the GOP will compromise. But Obama doesn’t have that luxury, says Michael Tomasky.

Special Correspondent

Published Apr. 18 2012 4:22PM EDT

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Well, lots of people spent Wednesday making fun of Tom Friedman’s column pleading with Mike Bloomberg to run for president. Piling on doesn’t interest me.

Michael Tomasky

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Barack Obama and the ‘Centrist’ Fantasy About Dealing With the GOP

Columnists can hope the GOP will compromise. But Obama doesn’t have that luxury, says Michael Tomasky.

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