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The Meaning of Election 2009 and Grading Obama's First Ten Months

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This war between the conservatives and the moderates in the GOP is about what I expected to see when I wrote this article seven months ago ??Republican Party and its upcoming Civil War ? - http://www.opednews.com/articles/Republican-Party-and-its-u-by-Steven-Leser-090427-952.html

Two final arguments to the Republicans who I know are going to criticize my analysis. Do you remember election 2001? In 2001, Democrat Jim McGreevey won the Governor's mansion in New Jersey and Democrat Mark Warner won in Virginia. While much was made of the victories at the time, the effect was negligible or zero. Republicans still won seats in the 2002 congressional races. Republican George W. Bush still won Virginia in 2004 and was termed the winner of the 2004 election. Finalargument #2 is, if the Republicans won election 2009, how many seats in the house did they pick up? Here is a hint, you have to go into negative numbers to answer that question.

Obama's first ten months is chock full of accomplishments

While some activists complain that President Obama hasn't achieved the entire progressive agenda in his first 10 months (actually, they were complaining that the entire agenda hadn't been achieved in his first 60 days), the administration has quietly racked up achievements. The Wall Street Journal (See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125712507804421903.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy ), recounted the following accomplishments:

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