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9. Politics has been around for about 3,000 years...

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:19 AM

Dec 2012

Having both sides state a preferred opinion and having the public pick one has never been the preferred approach.

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Rachel Maddow: "This is how a negotiation works, right?" [View all] brooklynite Dec 2012 OP

All the freakin' naysayers, re: Obama, the GOP is imploding, babylonsister Dec 2012 #1

Issue is NOT whether Chained CPI or any other component was "bad"... brooklynite Dec 2012 #3

Please stop. Pelosi was quite clear in her statements this week. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #8

Oh please, that is pure nonsense. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #11

Apparently you don't understand what I am proposing. I know it is sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #7

Politics has been around for about 3,000 years... brooklynite Dec 2012 #9

How defeatist. I thought we were electing a president who was NOT sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #12