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Post Mortem

Nancy Pelosi Touted the Democrats' 'Courageous Action' to Save the Economy. That & Health-Care Reform May Have Cost Her Party the Election. Was It Worth It?
Paul Moses
November 3, 2010
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Paul Moses is a reporter, author and professor emeritus at Brooklyn College. He is a Commonweal contributing writer. Bluesky: @PaulBMoses.bsky.social

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