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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama met face-to-face Tuesday with congressional Republicans who have been chafing over parts of a $825 billion plan to pull the country out of recession, and he urged lawmakers to "keep politics to a minimum" and quickly approve the measure. "The statistics every day underscore the urgency of the economic situation. The American people expect action," the new Democratic president said in brief remarks between private meetings with House and Senate Republicans at the Capitol. "I don't expect 100 percent agreement from my Republican colleagues, but I do hope that we can all put politics aside...

Barack Obama has spent the last week basically paying off some campaign debts. He gave a nod to his far left base by closing Guantanamo and stopping the military tribunals (without any plan for housing the detainees or prosecuting them), he pandered to the feminists by rescinding the Mexico City rule preventing federal monies from being used to promote abortion overseas. He had most of the left on their feet cheering when he took on Rush Limbaugh. So I suppose it's not surprising that stuck inside his monstrosity of a "stimulus bill," would be a multi-billion dollar gift to his...