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It took some guts on Reyes' part to make the suggestion. But it also suggests a certain duplicity on the part of at least some Democrats over the last seven years. They stood by and declined to defend Bush administration policies (presumably for political gain) even though now it sounds as though they are willing to have them continue for some time. In other words, it seems a lot like it wasn't necessarily that anything was so wrong with the people or the policies -- except that they came from a Republican president's administration.
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As with Obama's upcoming decision whether to stick to his word and sign the Freedom of Choice Act, what he does with McConnell and Hayden will be illuminating. Will Obama continue to stiff his hardest core supporters on the left in order to try to govern from the center?
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