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I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine.

Thomas Frank

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Thomas Frank
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 21
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Kansas City
Missouri
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Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation's desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back.
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The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.
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