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"What we haven't seen is the take-noprisoners partisanship of the Bush era," Lichtman says, adding that Obama earns points for working effectively to restore U.S. prestige abroad and for using the power of presidential executive orders in ways most Americans support- wringing out fringe agendas from the prior administration in areas such as stem-cell research, the environment, civil liberties and labor law. The reauthorization expands coverage from 7 million to 11 million children and eases restrictions that had made it difficult for some groups, such as laid-off workers and uninsured low-income mothers, to gain coverage.\n Looking ahead Restoring the middle class is the linchpin of the Obama administration's economic recovery approach, and two big pieces of that effort already are surfacing on Capitol HUl: healthcare reform and the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
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One for the History Books
NOTHING IN THIS WORLD can take the place of persistence," Calvin Coolidge once remarked, but it took another president from another party in another century to bring those words to life.
"Persistence" has become the watchword for President Barack Obama, and the virtue has served him well in the opening days of his administration. Against the charged backdrop of economic turmoil - the longest economic downturn since the Great Depression - the 44th president has responded with a thoughtful, deliberate approach that speaks of r...See the full content of this document
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