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If Only Obama's Performance Mattered More

The last year has taught a hard lesson about the power of a determined minority to keep the majority in check. Forty senators representing about 9 percent of Americans can filibuster Obama’s initiatives—and the media declares him a failure.

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As each month goes by since the Obama victory, I become more and more impressed at the structural impediments in the way of achieving the kind of progressive agenda it would take to right our ship of state.

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