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How Mitch McConnell Enabled Barack Obama
He's won numerous tactical victories. His legacy will be strategic defeat
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No, a Sweeping Gay Marriage Ruling Won't Trigger a Backlash
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Why civil liberties pose no threat to civil rights
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