It Only Looks Like a Roll Because The Rest of Washington, D.C. Is Frozen In Place — By: Jim Geraghty – (Campaign Spot)

Written on February 8th, 2010 by barryfail

James Pinkerton is always worth reading, but I think he’s stretching a bit when he offers “ Four Reasons Why Obama’s on a Roll .” He cites the spending freeze: “The freeze demonstrated that Obama has at least some independence from Congressional Democrats. And so we can see at least the glimmers of Bill Clinton-style “triangulation.” And Clinton, of course, was a two-termer.” Yeah, but Clinton’s triangulation involved at least a few heavy-duty policy concessions, most notably welfare reform and free trade agreements.

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It Only Looks Like a Roll Because The Rest of Washington, D.C. Is Frozen In Place — By: Jim Geraghty – (Campaign Spot)

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