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17. Given Obama's decisions so far, I have no worries about going "too fast" n/t
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  -4.5% Occam Bandage  Nov-11-08 10:59 AM   #0 
  - What is the center?  EconomicLiberal   Nov-11-08 11:02 AM   #1 
  - I've seen arguments denying the existence of a center before.  Occam Bandage   Nov-11-08 11:05 AM   #3 
  - I'm not denying the existence of a center.  EconomicLiberal   Nov-11-08 11:17 AM   #10 
     - For the purposes of discussions along these lines,  Occam Bandage   Nov-11-08 11:18 AM   #11 
        - What issues define the center?  EconomicLiberal   Nov-11-08 12:13 PM   #20 
           - Sophistry grows tiresome quickly.  Occam Bandage   Nov-11-08 01:28 PM   #21 
  - You're in the center if the conservatives say that you are too liberal and  Freddie Stubbs   Nov-11-08 11:08 AM   #5 
  - umm.. centrists are no more "closet repukes" than progressives are closet Marxists  wyldwolf   Nov-11-08 11:12 AM   #8 
  - Ah yes. * "wins" by -0.1% and 2.5% and he can do what he wants  n2doc   Nov-11-08 11:04 AM   #2 
  - Yes, people did say that Bush had a "mandate" in '04. Turned out real well, too.  Occam Bandage   Nov-11-08 11:06 AM   #4 
  - The point is, leaders lead  n2doc   Nov-11-08 11:11 AM   #6 
  - There is a considerable difference between  Occam Bandage   Nov-11-08 11:17 AM   #9 
     - The ultimate goal is success  n2doc   Nov-11-08 11:35 AM   #15 
  - A mandate is only as good as the the way you use it  bigbrother05   Nov-11-08 11:39 AM   #18 
  - If you want a democratic majority for the foreseeable future, you may want to go slow.  ChimpersMcSmirkers   Nov-11-08 11:29 AM   #14 
     - Absolutely Correct!!! n/t  sinecure62   Nov-11-08 11:36 AM   #16 
     - Given Obama's decisions so far, I have no worries about going "too fast" n/t  n2doc   Nov-11-08 11:36 AM   #17 
  - I think competence is a bigger factor than partisanship.  rucky   Nov-11-08 11:12 AM   #7 
  - I don't think the two concepts are entirely removed from each other.  Occam Bandage   Nov-11-08 11:24 AM   #13 
  - Who are you talking to?  MattBaggins   Nov-11-08 11:20 AM   #12 
  - the whole left/right line is about to undergo a radical disintegration  grantcart   Nov-11-08 11:44 AM   #19 
  - I think Obama will govern from the center-left for his first four years.  Lumpsum   Nov-11-08 01:30 PM   #22 
 

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