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particularly well in public opinion. and i think he didn t do particularly well because i don t think that was ever at the center of barack obama s presidency. solving our fiscal problems was a part of the larger objective. and so i think by giving that speech, president obama really challenged the very definition of what is at the center of american politics. and therefore i also disagree with matt that this constitutes obama abandoning the center. on the contrary, i think obama as lea has learned from a president very much admired at this institution, ronald reagan, which is you don t win by chasing the center. you win by moving the center and by persuading the center. and i think that what obama was doing in invoking t.r. was trying to move the center and change the nature of our debate. a little of what i want to say comes from a book that i have coming out in may in which my friend bill shamber plays a role. the subtitle is the battle for the american idea in an a ....

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