Behind the president’s unabashed progressivism was a hard-headed attempt to bolster his negotiating position.
Bill Scher
Bill Scher is the politics editor of the Washington Monthly. He is the host of the history podcast When America Worked and the cohost of the bipartisan online show and podcast The DMZ.
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