Will the Party of ‘No’ Help Democrats Extend their Dominance? – Roll Call

Will the Party of ‘No’ Help Democrats Extend their Dominance?

By Tracie Powell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted February 14, 2009 at 1:00am

hopes Obama fails.
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events leading up to his inauguration
all but three shunned it in the Senate
Tracie Powell is associate editor at Diverse Issues In Higher Education magazine. She is a former American Political Science Association congressional fellow.

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