Obama faces long summer of delay

The Guardian by Ed Pilkington | Jul. 27, 2009 (News Analysis)

A healthcare package in the balance; unfinished business on climate change; a precarious economy and deficit; foreign policy setbacks on Iran and North Korea. Six months into his presidency, and with a holiday in Martha's Vineyard beckoning, Barack Obama might have hoped by now to have notched up a big victory or two in his ambitious agenda for change. The reality looks a little different. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jul 26, 2009 - 2:17 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jul 26, 2009 - 10:56 PM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 26, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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Samuel W. Velsor IV
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 27, 2009

Leans on the negatives only, not one positive word

If your a republican you would agree, I do not.

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 by Darrl Carter - Jul. 27, 2009

I think that in the case of the police abuse in Prof. Gates case and Obama opinion on the matter is an accurate assessment of that situation. However, America's rejection of the opinion is evidence racism is strong and alive.

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