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Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's confidence-building stimulus deal

Economists aren't too crazy about the details of the recovery package, but maybe the most important part of the deal is that it happened at all.

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  • Wednesday, February 11, 2009 09:09 PM

    a couple more accomplishments like this...

    ...and wouldn't he actually BE an effective leader who gets things done? illusion, schmillusion?

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