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    The top three are easy: Lincoln  JFK Washington Generally, Presidents have been pretty mediocre.  The country has been amazingly fortunate…
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    • Israel's economy is hardly a basket case.  If the GDP is projected to grow at 0% in 2009, that's a…
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    • I read "The Sot Weed Factor" when I was 22 and it made me think that nobody would ever have…
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    • How about Simone Signoret?  I actually only saw her in one film, La Vie Devant Soi (Madame Rosa), but I…
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    • I think Russell Crowe is the best actor we have.  I was blown away by "A Beautiful Mind".  It was…
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    • It seems to me that if the Democrats believed Nader voters were responsible for their 2000 election loss, they would…
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    • Well, he was ahead earlier this afternoon, so the last 30,000 or so votes must have gone pretty strongly for…
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    • I've only seen some snippets of the film, but the images are undeniably powerful.  Huge crowds chant "Death to America,"…
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    • The Democrats should add a rider to the bill, or several.  But certainly something to the effect of adding a…
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    • I was going to vote.  But then I looked at the sample ballot and it seemed like there was only…
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    • I think Palin stays on the ticket, barring some new and particularly damaging revelations.  As you say, McCain isn't going…
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    • Well, the question is whether McCain can lure Shriver out of retirement.  He'd be perfect for the ticket.  He's pro-life,…
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    • Bill Bradley. Also intriguing would be Max Cleland.  A lot of McCain's appeal is the respect that he continues to…
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    • I don't think Gov. Patrick will get to pick a replacement Senator in Massachusetts.  There would be a vacancy until…
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    • The allure of Kaine or Bayh might prove irresistable. If Obama carries all the blue states from 2004 plus Iowa…
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    • It would be nice to start a little boomlet for Rush Holt.  Isn't he Booman's hometown Congressman? Holt is one…
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    • I don't think there's a smoking gun here (like fingerprints on the envelope), but there are a lot of pieces…
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    • The graphic that I saw covered a two year period, and the periods when Ivins was spending a lot of…
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    • I was impressed by the timing of his after hour visits to the lab, which spiked in the periods before…
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    • One of the problem with overly optimistic projections is that they generate pessimistic responses.  It's one of Newton's laws or…
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