With sobered expectations, Obama for president

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Author(s) The News Tribune editorial board
Source The News Tribune
Date October 24, 2012
URL http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/10/24/2342821/with-sobered-expectations-obama.html
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Quotes-start.png It seems obvious that, long-term, both parties will have to back down. Entitlements must be cut and taxes increased to chip away at America’s increasingly dangerous national debt. There’s been too little acknowledgment of this reality among Democrats – but absolutely none among the bulk of Republican lawmakers and primary voters. Their hard-line opposition to any tax increase is a big reason Congress is gridlocked over the deficit. The election of a Republican president – who wouldn’t touch defense spending – seems bound to empower them. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Obama should be elected on the topic United States presidential election, 2012.


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