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"I am not an ideologue,"
President Obama insisted at his truly refreshing confab with the Republican caucus in Baltimore last Friday.
When he heard some incredulous murmurs and chuckles from the audience in response to the idea that the most sincerely ideological president in a generation is no ideologue, he added a somewhat plaintive, "I'm not."
The president's defensiveness isn't surprising. He holds his self-definition as a pragmatist dear, and not just because it polls well.
Of course Obama is an ideologue. The important question is whether he is sufficiently self-aware to recognize the truth...
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