Base to Obama: Come In, Please

huffingtonpost.com — We wish the President every success at Year One. We remain guardedly optimistic, despite the disappointments. We would pitch in and help ourselves, if we were welcomed. And we recognize that politics is hard, messy, and filled with compromise. But, if greatness is a combination of talent and historical need, this President has the potential for greatness. So the final question is this one: Does the President understand that compromising with cynics can lead to a half-cynical outcome?

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