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Ambiguity has served Obama very well indeed. For instance, he alienated no one at Harvard Law School—the stories are always about him engaging a group of people in a spirited discussion of issues, and giving nothing away, never taking a stand… .
Obamaguity—I need to coin this—is a big issue for us on the left. We want Obama to be a leader not a pol; we want him to be the Reagan of the left. And, in my little camp, we want him to be the savior of the Palestinians’ right to self-determination. He gives us very mixed signals. He used to be Rashid Khalidi’s friend. I’m sure he knows the Palestinian narrative, and not just from eating Mona Khalidi’s hummus. Now Obama’s thrown Khalidi under the bus.
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