A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.
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From the hearing in the Supreme Court on the Clinton v. Jones case, to the extraordinary partnership associated with Speaker Gingrich's ethics case, I think all of that has also reduced the feeling of new beginning and possibility.
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Extraordinary creature So close a friend, and yet so remote.
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He hasn't been in a position for some time to press successfully most of the controversial issues on which the country is divided, and there's substantial opposition in Washington. We saw that on Social Security reform. We're likely to see it on immigration reform. There are enormous obstacles in the proposal to make the tax cuts permanent.
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Her foreign policy influence in 2005 was very impressive and constructive, in contrast to her time as National Security Council adviser her role in the first term of the Bush administration. She has charisma - that rock star appearance at the football game in Alabama was really something. Whether that makes her a viable candidate for the presidency is another matter entirely.
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As long as the proposal is structured so the ultimate decision regarding actions taken by the House or Congress against members is retained by members themselves I don't think there's any constitutional problem with that at all.
Thomas Mann
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