Election 1994

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November 7, 2008

Media Tell Obama—Don’t Be a Lefty Like Clinton

Immediately after Barack Obama was pronounced the victor in the 2008 presidential election, corporate media began to tell him how he ought to govern–in most cases, urging him to hew toward the center. To support their argument, many journalists pointed to President Bill Clinton’s first term to find lessons in centrism for Obama. But are […]

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