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    Agreed.  But if you made me president in January 2009, I would have made some different choices and political strategies…
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    • I understand the situation.  You're not a policy wonk booman, you're a brilliant guy who understands the politics of what's…
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    • Shorter booman: taxing the rich isn't politically possible, so social security needs to be gutted in order for us not…
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    • I guess. I'm not going to argue you over the impunity and lack of accountability for our political and economic…
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    • Is it any more wishful thinking than those in Chile in 1990 who wanted someone to be held accountable for…
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    • Important to note that Pinochet wasn't always a war criminal.  After Chile first transitioned to democracy, he wasn't subject to…
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    • Who needs Paris when you have Paraguay?   http://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/bush-buys-land-paraguay/ The dude's an international pariah and stateside he's an elder statesman…
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    • I don't believe white middle class kids have an inherent lower work-ethic than immigrants  People respond to incentives, and once…
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    • it's extremely frustrating, but the key for progressives is to make filibuster reform a deal-breaker for supporting new candidates.  If…
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    • Actually the pain was shared fairly evenly among the stakeholders.  Labor actually got a better deal than it would have…
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    • The bailout worked great for the country, but bad for the GOP and their backers.  SO they're never going to…
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    • one who has never really practiced law.  which he hasn't.  but that's beside the point- supposedly he's got people on…
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    • Like most progressives, I find this return to post-partisanship extremely distressing.  I think there is merit to the idea that…
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    • I'd be the field right now.  The game right now is whether the establishment is going to lock arms early…
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    • By making this their "ask," then it makes the spending cuts we're going to see in the next budget look…
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    • I think he's hedged this a bit.  He realizes that tax cuts for the rich and an austerity agenda is…
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    • I think you still need to factor in to that the fact that the next budget is going to include…
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    • My worry is that the whispers about the SOTU focusing on deficits, cutting social security and govt spending will come…
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    • I think its because conservatives see a benefit to promoting fear, mistrust and instability, particularly vis a vis whites and…
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    • I disagree that its lack of fidelity to ideology that doomed holy joe and drove out specter.  its about politics.…
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