Cenk Uygur: Obama's Big Gamble

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Barack Obama: Barack Obama has decided that he is going to try to shoot the moon. He is going to try to expand the tent and see if he can get everyone to buy into his ideas for reform. If it works, everyone will be invested into the change that's coming. If it doesn't, then his administration might spin out of control. The old saying is that you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer. I don't really believe that. How did that work out for Julius Caesar? It worked to the tune of about eight daggers in his back the minute he turned around. His enemies were so close they were in stabbing distance. I was most concerned about this when Obama pressed Senate Democrats to keep Joe Lieberman in his Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Chair. That's the committee that would "investigate" Obama if things went wrong. Read more...

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