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• Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance.

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  Grief, Anger, Acceptance

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• Perhaps we should wait until his second term begins before carving Barack Obama's face in Mount Rushmore. Is that asking too much?

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  Waiting, Asking, Mount Rushmore

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• If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep your health insurance plan

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  Like You, Plans, Ifs

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• You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver.

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  Home, Leader, Political

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• Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

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  Self, Class, Roots

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• This is Romney's biggest political weakness. His policy flip-flops and the general sense that he's not comfortable in his own skin leads voters, including many supporters, wondering about his core values.

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  Political, Skins, Weakness

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• Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic.

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  Country, Kings, Office

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• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency.

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  Winning, May, Influential

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• The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics.

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  Political, Understanding, Criticism

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• A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

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  Humility, Way In Life, Long

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• Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009.

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  Country, Giving, Credit

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• For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.

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  Men, Challenges, Age

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• Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.

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  Night, Election, Grownups

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• Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

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  Technology, Crowds, Voters

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• Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment.

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  Presidential, Honest, Surprise

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• Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories.

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  Party, Cowboy, Leader

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• The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid.

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  Party, Independent, Games

  "Chris Christie May Be the Smartest Man in Politics" by Ron Fournier, www.theatlantic.com. January 3, 2013.

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• If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.

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  America, Guilty, Misgivings

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• I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.

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  Echoes, President, Reelection

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• If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.

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  Mean, Victory, Scandal

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• It's a bit unfair to accuse Obama of dividing the nation when the facts show that it already is.

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  Facts, Unfair, Dividing

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• Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.

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  Party, Tea, President

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• Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.

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  Jobs, Negative, Campaigns

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• It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.

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  Political, Tactics, Tricks

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• Palin seems to have forgotten that her poll ratings have plummeted since the summer of 2011.

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  Summer, Forgotten, Rating

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