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    with fiscal conservatism. If National Income=Output=Total Spending Total Spending =Consumption + Investment + Net Government Spending + Net Exports National…
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    • And the ban on iceberg lettuce salads.
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    • Yes it's true: there is a difference betweeen a pragmatic centrist like Obama and a wack job like Palin. There…
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    • I agree that the Obama administration is the most "liberal" in quite a while. But this simply masks how far…
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    • I wrestled with this throughout the primaries. First, it would have depended on how she won. Second, a lot would…
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    • Ostensibly, a PUMA was a lifelong Democrat who left the Party because Obama got the nomination. My back of the…
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    • As you correctly point out in your post, the real Republican gains came in the periphery of the South and…
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    • First, I think you underestimate the degree to which all Democratic candidates (or nearly all) since Stevenson have been portrayed…
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    • It's about a whole series of complex, interlocking issues. I was watching two surrogates go at it on CNN and…
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    • My heart says Sebelius or Dodd. I hadn't thought about Sherrod Brown but the more I do the more I…
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    • Political Parties have undergone major realignments in response to massive social shifts and movements. It's fashionable on the left to…
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    • First of all, I suspect Obama was at least raised nominally as a Christian by his mother and grandparents. Second…
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    • If he needs the rest, he should take it because he won't have another chance. What concerns me more is…
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    • I agree that there are worse things than U.S. hegemony. Hell, there were worse things than Roman hegemony-like warlordism. What…
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    • IT seems to me that while Obama's speech is an improvement on Bush, it really doesn't shift the debate. It…
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    • Part of the problem is that Carter wasn't really even like the myth of Carter that has been created. Despite…
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    • This was a very insightful piece. It's a point I have tried to point out to people in different circumstances.…
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    • In the abstract this sounds good, but in practice I think you are inviting disaster. I agree with you about…
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    • As an academic progressive with some moderate leanings, I found this interesting. I might point out there are multiple types…
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    • There's a lot of research that says otherwise-and a lot of first hand experience. In reference to someone above who…
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