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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (142010)	8/4/2010 9:53:35 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541503

Too many op-eds are just an endless series of cliches and stereotypes that the author stirs and tosses around. Supposedly he provides a model for how it should have been done, but good luck trying to operationalize anything he said in a real legislature and real legislation. Just another self-important blogger.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (142010)	8/4/2010 10:00:41 AM
From: Paul Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541503

Mary, instead of attacking the author, explain what you disagree with about what he wrote. He notes that Obama's election victory was broad in terms of population (popular vote victory) but less broad in terms of geography (states and/or counties won). Obviously both can be true if his support was concentrated in urban areas (it was). All of that sounds factual. The maps he provided were interesting and partly explains why the Senate is a problem for Obama. The part that is opinion is his view that Obama would have done better to govern more from the center (like Bill Clinton) rather than from the left. Obama's approach made obtaining House victories easier than Senate victories.