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To: Lane3 who wrote (11345)	11/16/2009 3:34:43 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

I understand your point but I would suggest that something that is commonly accepted in Europe, while not status quo in the US, would not be "radical" but "progressive." If its a sharp enough departure for the US (or perhaps even down to the level of a specific city, but that might be a bit more questionable because people in American cities mix with and experience other locations in the US more than Americans live under other countries systems), I don't think radical is unwarranted. Which isn't an argument for Obama being a radical. If I was pushing that idea I'd still have to show how he has implemented or is pushing ideas that are extreme departures from the norm in the US. Without going in to a lot of detail because its not really an important issue to me, I'd say its borderline in his case, you would have to use a relatively wide definition of radical.