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It may be an inopportune time to recall that one of the most refreshing characteristics of Barack Obama is his aversion to judgmentalism.  He described how he was far more impressed by the hopes, worries, and basic decency the people he met in his travels around Illinois had in common than the beliefs that divided them in The Audacity of Hope.  He claimed to see the good in people of all viewpoints.  In his first State of the Union address, he promised not to question the benevolent intent of political opponents while disagreeing with their politics.  Other presidents have tried to avoid public aspersions of ill will, but Obama explicitly pledged to avoid it.  

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