Obama's Choice
Bob Moser
Obama's strangest option for a running mate is also his strongest: Jim Webb, one of the left's strongest voices on Iraq and economic fairness.

Bob Moser
Obama's strangest option for a running mate is also his strongest: Jim Webb, one of the left's strongest voices on Iraq and economic fairness.
Alexander Cockburn
Change may be the mantra, but continuity is the undertow.


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