In response to
"sounds like plain tokenism. -- nm"
by
loosilu
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It would, except he's not the first republican Obama has tapped for a post. Or even the third.
Posted by
tee-woo-gee (aka TWuG)
May 18 '09, 08:59
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He's accomplishing two things: bringing moderate Republicans into the fold, just like he promised.
AND defusing potential political threats by further marginalizing the extreme members of the GOP.
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