The news media today are reporting that President Obama will announce plans for a three-year spending freeze on part of the budget--an idea Senator and then-Republican presidential candidate John McCain pushed for during the summer and fall of 2008. During the campaign, however, then-Senator Obama
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repeatedlydismissed McCain's "hatchet" spending freeze, opting for what he called a "scalpel" technique to "make sure that everybody is willing to make a few sacrifices."
Yet another example of Obama learning on the job...?
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