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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Eric Holder, Jack Quinn and the Rich pardon

It's premature to criticize Obama for his establishment-soothing appointments. But it's just as premature to heap praise on him for those appointments.
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  • Tuesday, December 2, 2008 02:07 PM

    Only a Republican (Nixon) could normalize relations with China without being branded an appeaser.

    Only a Democrat (Clinton) could reform welfare without being branded a "Meanspirited Wepubwickan."

    Now is Obama's opportunity to also make a huge change in the way we educate children. What infrastructure problems compare with the hundreds of thousands of urban teens who can not read beyond a 5th grade level, hanging out, having babies, doing crime? We are challenging the UAW to get real. Why not the teachers' unions?

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