Richard Stevenson

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After a first term full of disappointments, some progressive Democrats are saying that President Obama finally found his voice this week in Kansas.

The Obama Record, His Re-election Campaign and the Middle Class

After a first term full of disappointments, some progressive Democrats are saying that President Obama finally found his voice this week in Kansas.

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The  Labor Department  said today the economy added just 80,000 jobs in October, and unemployment is stuck at nine percent.

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The Labor Department said today the economy added just 80,000 jobs in October, and unemployment is stuck at nine percent.

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