The great debate: Is Obama a socialist?
"Socialism suggests getting rid of capitalism altogether. Mr. Obama is not within a million miles of an ideology like that."
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– Peter Rachleff, labor historian at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., on whether President Obama is a socialist or not.
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