One of our biggest problems in government are these smokey backroom deals that exclude everyone but the Washington insider — power brokers. Both parties have done this, learning dirty tricks from the other. The Bush administration was the absolute worse, but President Obama — who promised transparency — has done little to really improve things.
LETTER: Obama's promised transparency has not come to fruition
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | 11:02 a.m. CST
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