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Monday, November 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama, honeymoon killer?

The Clintonites in his Cabinet, forgiveness for Lieberman, the creeping signs of centrism -- progressives aren't ready to panic, yet.

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    He was always a centrist

    Obama was always a centrist, except on the Iraq War. He leans left, but he's hardly a wild-eyed lefty radical. He always presented himself as the candidate of pragmatic unity and compromise.

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