Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Change is tough, so Liberals can't just leave it to Obama

By Michael Tomasky
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What a change from just six to nine months ago. During that period, from the wake of Barack Obama's victory through the first 100 days, liberal optimism was higher than it's been in this country for 40 years. One could believe, on a good day, not only that America would pass healthcare reform and climate change bills (that'd be the easy part), but that Israelis and Palestinians and Iranians and Syrians and Indians and Pakistanis and North Koreans and you-name-it just might all wake up one day and text one another: you know, Obama's win suddenly makes us aware of how silly we've been all these years. Let's grow up and make peace.

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