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As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally

As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a Near Great even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. – Thomas Frank

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Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nations business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations. – Thomas Frank

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Acknowledging class was always difficult for New Democrats – it was second-wave, it was divisive – but 2008 made retro politics cool again. – Thomas Frank

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When the entertainers of the Right arent declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, theyre pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call the Chicago way. – Thomas Frank

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