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Obama’s Top Errors: Too Big Government, Failure to Spur Lending

By Morton M. Kondracke
Roll Call Executive Editor
Jan. 21, 2010, Midnight

President Barack Obama’s collapsed poll ratings, the unpopularity of Democratic health plans, Republican polling gains and now the GOP’s stunning victory in Massachusetts all send the same message — Democrats have misread the country and pushed for too many of the wrong things.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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