Won't Obama bring left-wing change?

Washington Times by Clifford D. May | Nov. 6, 2008 (Opinion)

Will President-elect Barack H. Obama use this awesome power to strengthen America's defenses in a time of global conflict and repair America's economy in a period of financial distress? Or will his goal be to solidify the left's grip for the long-term, for example by shutting down conservative talk radio and perhaps other pockets of media resistance, by growing the percentage of Americans dependent on government programs, and by using immigration policy ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: National Security, Presidential Election 2008, U.S. Congress, Democrats, Obama Administration, Midterm Elections
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Nov 5, 2008 - 10:13 PM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Jim Lang (review), Kaizar Campwala (review)
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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Nov. 6, 2008

This opinion piece phrases questions to promote fear and falls back on many of the familiar assertions from the campaign -- assertions that Obama has unsavory connections, assertions that the press failed to investigate Obama, assertions that campaign financing strangled those truth seeking swift boaters of yore. There are certainly legitimate and intelligent questions concerning how Obama will conduct his Presidency but they aren't contained in this piece.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 7, 2008

A conservative narrative on Obama's victory. If you buy his assumptions about the power of the left, the nature of revolution, and Obama's radical associations, it's not a bad argument. But that's a lot ot buy.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 5, 2008
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