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Can Obama face the “unspeakable”?

Max Blumenthal on how the “salvation narrative” projected onto Barack Obama created false expectations on the left and invited his demonisation by the right (and from TPMCafe, a book club on Republican Gomorrah). Has an Obama Doctrine emerged yet? Ed Kilgore on conservative crocodile tears about "corporatism". How anyone can call a plan to spend $200 billion a year on Americans in need a defeat for progressives is a mystery. Avishai Margalit on Obama and the rotten compromise (and a panel on On Compromise and Rotten Compromises). $2 Trillion Man: Simon Anholt on how Obama saved Brand America. Chris Cillizza on 5 myths about a president's first year. Can Obama face the "unspeakable"? If there’s one book President Obama should read over the holidays, it is JFK and the Unspeakable. Jonathan Chait on how Obama became the unemployment fall guy and on the rise of Republican nihilism: What happened to all those GOP ideas? (and more on other visions of right-wing apocalypse) Rachel Tabachnick on the new Christian Zionism and the Jews: A love/hate relationship. Words can hurt you: An interview with Mark Potok on racists, militants, and their favorite pundits. From VDare, is Obama really preparing for civil war? Just in case, Chuck Baldwin suggests a survival list. John Sides on three myths about political independents. Leon Wieseltier on Platon's Cave: What these silly sanitizations really capture is the American moment, the Obama coolness. Does Obama hate liberals? Marc Ambinder wonders. EJ Dionne on why progressives need to stop screaming and start organizing for the next health care fight.