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Notebook, 1-2 January, 2011: Looking Back into the Enemy’s Heart . . .
In a few days, the GOP takes formal control of the House, and it seems I’m not alone in taking stock of the situation. As usual, I take the broad view, not into finding the way forward for the liberal-progressive agenda, but in taking stock. I begin with the question, “where are we today?” and proceed from there. However, no matter how I try to get away from it, I find myself focused lately on the seminal moment, that period from 1776 to 1789 and the American movement from royal subject to politically empowered citizen. It was a rocky road.
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