This Just In: Obama's Midterm Mistake

From the Emory Wheel (Emory University Student News).

"Political parties should seek to foster debate and political participation. Elections give Americans the chance to engage in these crucial activities. But Democrats and Republicans alike subvert our democratic-republican institutions for their own perceived gain. It is especially disheartening for Obama, who ran partly on a platform of civic engagement, trying to dissuade voters from making their own independent choices on election day."

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"Ironically, Obama is unwittingly creating a post-partisan political climate. Unfortunately for him – and some of his Republican adversaries — the climate change may likely be to his detriment. Fortunately for Americans, it just might provide political empowerment and reaffirm the grassroots ideal of American civil society that seems at times to be so easily lost."