Richard Littlejohn

Obama vs the lightweights

This President should be beatable. But the real Republican contender won’t get in the ring for another five years

issue 16 April 2011

This President should be beatable. But the real Republican contender won’t get in the ring for another five years

Florida

By rights, Barack Obama should be on the ropes. After what he himself described as a ‘shellacking’ in the midterm elections, he was given a mandatory count and still managed to stay on his feet.

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