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In Barack we trust?

Obama campaigned on his personality and judgment and won. Now, like it or not, he isn't beholden to anyone.
By David Sirota

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  • Friday, November 28, 2008 11:46 PM

    Trust is earned

    Trust is earned. Progressives don't need to be patient because of the economic crisis, as Sean Penn suggested on Charlie Rose last night, but, for that very reason, and many others, to keep pressure on, given that he has appointed "free-market" "free-trader" advocates, Rubin's "spawn" ;-), en masse.

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