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Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:36 AM

TalkLeft: Obama's New Politics Doesn't Encompass New Policies

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The Washington Post analyzes Barack Obama's campaign from an issues standpoint and finds he breaks little new ground. When Obama changed his mind and decided to run for president after only two years in the Senate, however, he effectively dismissed the importance of policy proposals, declaring in one speech in early 2007, "We've had plenty of plans, Democrats," and in another: "Every four years, somebody trots out a white paper, they post it on the Web." He cast his "new kind of politics" in terms of his ability to transcend divisions and his unique biography and offered few differences on issues from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the other Democratic presidential candidates. His "new politics" mostly refers to tone and leadership...
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