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A masterful political move. Breaking someone’s leg, then setting the cast, and be honored and applauded for having done so is quite a feat.

According to Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria, Obama is the “conservative” when it comes to foreign policy, and McCain is the “liberal”:

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The case is made for a McCain darkhorse Veep choice:

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Sean Braisted is a bit tired of the continuing war in the Democratic Party:

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Chris Kromm encourages us to call NAFTA what it is: "global investment deals" (rather than "free trade") that cost Tennessee 25,588 jobs from 1993 to 2005. He also has a great breakdown on where Obama and Clinton stand on NAFTA, including the embracing of John Edwards' anti-NAFTA themes by the candidates since he dropped out of the running.

Jackson Miller traces back his support for Barack Obama back to his experiences as an activist in the 2000 campaign:

Let that insecticide-laced Chinese food start flowing into the Volunteer State. Because if you don't promote free (a.k.a., "unregulated, sweatshop") trade, then you are a hopeless idealist, and you can stick a dumpling in