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Any Political Machine Can Come to an End

45caliber Wrote: Oct 29, 2009 3:55 PM

I'm not sure what kind of "amazing job" your hero is doing. We are further in debt in a shorter time than ever before. He wants to put us even further in debt. We have more pork than ever before. He depends upon criminal groups like ACORN. He has turned against national friends and pandered to national enemies. He has bypassed some of the checks and balances in government by appointing czars that report only to him to override chosen Department heads.

And as far as the "mess he inherited" - all I can tell is that he is either ignoring it or digging the hole even deeper.

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Any Political Machine Can Come to an End

An upcoming municipal election may reveal some clues about the drift of American politics, and about the nature of politics itself.

Political machines thrive, only to die one day. Witness what's happening in Atlanta. Based on both our own InsiderAdvantage surveys, and on a poll by the highly regarded SurveyUSA, it appears that one of America's most powerful municipal political machines is sputtering to a halt -- that of the nearly 40-year reign of African-American mayors in this town.