There are off-year elections in November, and the president wants to draw bright lines with the opposition.

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After a number of very productive meetings, the Huffington Post has agreed to draw a bright line in the sand between staffers and bloggers, with (unpaid) bloggers no longer being assigned stories or expected to cover news.

FORBES: Newspaper Guild Drops Boycott of the Huffington Post