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Obama’s Populist Pivot Yields to Pragmatism

By Don Wolfensbergergerwilsoncenter and Roll Call Contributing Writer
Posted February 23, 2010 at 1:00am

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Don Wolfensberger is director of the Congress Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and former staff director of the House Rules Committee. He writes a regular column for Roll Call.

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