Obama's liberal critics
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12:00-1:00 pm Eastern: As President Obama recalibrates his approach to controversial issues, such as torture and abortion, some of his harshest critics accuse him of being a turncoat. But is this simply the careful approach to decision-making — the cool-headedness — that America voted into office? In this hour of Midday, we'll look at how Obama's presidential identity evolves as he changes his mind on divisive matters like the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, guns and military tribunals. Is he defaulting on campaign promises, or just testing the political waters before taking action? Nuance or flip-flop?
1:00-2:00 pm Eastern: MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Tuesday night badly mispronounced -- unintentionally, or maybe not -- David Zurawik's name, called the Baltimore Sun's media critic one of the "worst persons in the world," and blamed him, me and our Calvert Street news-editorial colleagues for the financial problems of the Sun's parent company. Well, well, well . . . that wasn't too over-the-top, was it? David explains how he earned this tribute from MSNBC's "cartoon version of Edward R. Murrow" in the second hour of today's show.
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