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How Obama Sold The Climate Bill

By The Daily Dish
Jun 30 2009, 2:15 AM ET

The WaPo reports:

When Obama entered the fray on May 5, summoning all 36 committee Democrats to the White House, he didn’t make a single demand. Rather, participants say, he pointed to a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and said, “He had a chance to affect history. You, too, have a chance to affect history.”

Sargent parses.

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