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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 09:59 PM

    Guess Who Went to Dinner

    Did you hear Obama had an intimate sit-down dinner with progressive/liberal journalists, pundits & bloggers Tuesday night? Yeah-- Glenn was there, and Rachel, and Keith.....Oops, make that George (Will), David (Brooks) and Bill (Kristol). Eight years of Bush/Cheney weren't enough. Now their head cheerleaders get a seat at the table with the Democratic President-elect. And I've been sick of the "Team of Rivals" meme for two months already. Now this? To paraphrase John Malkocich's character in "Burn After Reading," WTF?

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