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Political Culture: Whose Mandate Is It Anyway?

Jon Cummings February 12, 2009 6

The last couple weeks have served as a brilliant, if butt-ugly, reminder that governance should be judged not on the back and forth of day-to-day events, but on outcomes. When the history of President

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Political Culture: Bipartisanship — What Is It Good For?

Jon Cummings January 29, 2009 19

As of last night, absolutely nothin’. (Legislatively speaking, at least.) But you gotta give Barack Obama points for trying. Presidents don’t often do what Obama did on Tuesday. A week to the day after

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