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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 15 > Finding friends one issue at a time

Finding friends one issue at a time

Obama’s complex blend of ideas helped him win the presidency by appealing across party lines. Now, it may force him to build different coalitions depending on the issue — a tricky challenge.

By Peter Baker / The Bulletin
March 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — He has been called a socialist by angry critics on the right, an accommodationist by disappointed fans on the left and a pragmatist by his staff. President Barack Obama, who normally eschews labels, pinned on one of his own last week by declaring himself a “New....

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