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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
September 2, 2009
Two tides swept over American politics last winter. The first was the Obama tide. Barack Obama came into office with an impressive 70 percent approval rating. The second was the independent tide. Over the first months of this year, the number of people who called themselves either Democrats or....