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David Sirota: Reviewing President Rahm Emanuel's Health Care Speech 
Huffington Post | by David Sirota | Wed, Sep 9
I mean, I seem to remember an election just a few months ago that resulted in a Democratic president, and huge Democratic majorities in Congress - and I seem to remember there was a Barack Obama who only a short while ago said geting those electoral results was the only obstacle to a full-on s...
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