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State Of The Union Speech Emphasizes Economic Successes, Misses The Mark On Foreign Policy

President Obama did his best tonight to make Americans forget what happened just a few months ago at the November midterm election. He sounded like the man at the head of the party that just won control of the House…

What We Need To Hear From Obama At The Inauguration

Photo credit: Wikipedia) This year’s inauguration day represents something far different from the one that took place four years ago. While we heard about hope and change from a first term President Obama we now know that this vision for…

A centrist Democrat’s view of the inauguration

The tone of the upcoming presidential inauguration is a far cry from the last. When President Obama was first inaugurated, we got uplifting rhetoric and the promise of hope and change that was proven, at best, to have been only…

The Bounce Has Begun

The first round of post-debate polls are beginning to roll in. We are seeing a modest, but real, bounce for Romney in a number of key swing states. On Wednesday before the debate, Obama was leading in Florida by one…