Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, and the problem with American liberalism

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By Ryan Cooper

published 11 February 2015

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Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.