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Now Obama Seeks Common Ground?
By Carole on Oct 30, 2010
In his weekly radio address today, President Barack Obama claimed "it's the fundamental responsibility of all who hold elective office to seek out common ground." Then he complained about comments by some of his political opponents and said "we need to put this kind of partisanship aside - win, lose, or draw." This from the man who, just days after his inauguration, responded to Republican concerns over his planned explosion of government spending with the words "I won."
West Virginia's Manchin Whines Some More
By Carole on Sep 9, 2010
West Virginia Governor and US Senate candidate Joe Manchin (D) is fighting back against charges leveled by his Republican opponent that he would be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the unpopular Obama agenda. In his new ad, the governor did not deny the accusations nor claim he would stand up against the president's policies in keeping with the wishes of voters. Instead he took a page from the Obama playbook and simply whined that he is being picked on by a political opponent who dares to tell the truth.
