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    It is interesting that the Senate needs a rule to enforce civility.
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    • I stopped watching MSNBC when he arrived. I've never been much of a TV watcher, and the creep up over…
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    • The Politico link is about a single issue, immigration. A wider discussion of O'Malley's pluses and minuses may be found…
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    • Consider the possibility that Obamacare is not all that important to Republicans, that it is just a dog-whistle for Obama.…
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    • A good summary of the visceral hatred Sharpton stirred up. These things have consequences. In Connecticut in 2006 Dems had…
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    • Not so hard to see a solution: make everything legal, eliminate the profit, abolish the DEA, make donations to politicians…
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    • From Lambert Strether, to the point -- The Real State of the Union
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    • . . . vote against their own narrow political interests? Yes, good question. Are there any acceptable/viable answers? I don't…
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    • The trouble with you, Booman, is you have a rational streak. 🙂 Sadly, there's little rational about our politics.
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    • Based on the above, enthusiasm for either one is low. Me too. Neither of them wants to end the endless…
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    • I do very much appreciate the effort you put into this (and many other) posts, drawing the threads together into…
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    • I am somewhat stunned that Sen. Patrick Leahy has turned down an opportunity to chair the Appropriations Committee. If you…
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    • Fascinating link, JeffL. Thanks.
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    • It's no longer inexplicable if you conclude our leadership decided failure would help get out the vote.
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    • Is the tea party about economics? I don't believe so. I do believe the money behind it is about economics.…
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    • Short version: We're all neo-cons, and we're happy because Obama is one of us. There is plenty to discuss at…
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    • There's little doubt that Shrub's appropriation of Latino causes -- limited as it was -- came from Karl Rove. If…
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    • Now priests and bishops should be made to drop their dresses.
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    • Despite overall agreement, must take issue with this: *reversed the worst (not all, but the worst) of the Constitutional abuses…
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    • I like your argument, Booman, except for this: a realistic expectation is that August will see the "government takeover" trounce…
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