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Learn From FDR, Obama, and Show Some Backbone

Roosevelt biographer says president needs to block out GOP

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 3, 2009 7:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – As President Obama prepares to pull away from a public health care option, it shows not just that he's giving in to his opponents, writes Jean Edward Smith; worse, it "suggests that the Democratic Party has forgotten how to govern." In an op-ed... Read full story »

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