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patrice

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1. And I personally know that this is NOT a johnny-come-lately position for our President. We were
Fri Jun 15, 2012, 01:47 PM
Jun 2012

(that's "we" as in Howard Dean's organization, Democracy for America, btw) working on this with Organizing For America in the winter of 2010, when Congress caused a train wreck involving extension of the Bush Tax Cuts, ending Don't Ask Don't Tell, and extension of Un-employment, resulting in the Dream Act being tabled after 2-3 weeks of DFA/OFA phone-banking.

Just want you to know: Everyone accuses this guy of being a political opportunist. He isn't; Obama tries to do the best thing he can do in whatever situation is at hand. He's not trying to ride a Dream Act band-wagon. He WAS pushing that wagon well over a year ago at some political cost to himself during a very difficult time.

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