>>>It takes 2 elections, minimum, to change course in this country. 2010 stopped the pendulum. 2012 determines if it remains stalled or builds momentum to the right.
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>>Or swings back to the left. That got easier with Olympia Snowe stepping down.
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>>Tamar
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>Yeah, that's one extreme right-wing firebrand out of the way <bg> ( Kidding, Tamar. You know I can't help teasing red-diaper babies <s> )
Teasing, right.
Here is a book you might enjoy. It's a new biography of George Kennan. More of a history than a biography, actually. From the extended book review in The New Yorker I know he was a more complex guy than I knew, which was basically the American policy of containment. If accurately described, his outlook was much like yours.
http://www.amazon.com/George-F-Kennan-American-Life/dp/1594203121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330811358&sr=8-1Olympia Snowe bailing out really is a loss to the Senate, something that has nothing to do with the electoral balance. We could use about 99 more of her.
OK, I am back out. I've already said too much, (REM, no video). These days I am locked down looking for work, keeping myself sober, and rewatching The Sopranos. Miami Steve / Silvio has a great bit mimicing Al Pacino in "The Godfather" -- I thought I was out, and then they pulled me back in.
No, I am not back in. That was a joke. Be well, Charles.
