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• A concrete agenda and landslide victory might not even guarantee a president his mandate in a capital as polarized as Washington.

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  Victory, President, Guarantees

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• A presidential debate is a job interview. And voters look for certain traits in people applying to be president.

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  Jobs, People, Presidential

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• According to a Public Policy Polling survey, most Americans find lice and colonoscopies more appealing than Capitol Hill.

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  Lice, Hills, Capitol Hill

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• Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

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  Wife, Pals, Clinton

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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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• Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt.

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  War, Iraq, Aftermath

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• Romney and Democratic rival President Obama have led their partisan backers down a trail of lies, negativity and vacuous policies that seem certain to guarantee an angry electorate four more years of gridlock.

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  Lying, Years, Negativity

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• President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps? Or are we a nation of community, all connected and counting on one another?

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  America, Community, President

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• One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.

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  Father, Skins, Voters

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• Once a popular Alaska governor with a modest record of accomplishment, Palin could conceivably revive her reputation in this era of short memories. But it's hard to imagine her name atop the GOP ballot in 2016, when a cast of heavyweights who sat out 2012 will be vying for the nomination.

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  Memories, Alaska, Names

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• Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech.

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  Vision, Speech, Voters

  "Why Obama's Great Speech Fell Flat" by Ron Fournier, www.theatlantic.com. September 6, 2012.

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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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• 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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• Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children.

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  Children, Skills, Tunes

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• Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective.

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  Perception, Care, Voters

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• Obama shows no sign of easing up on negativity.

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  Negativity, Shows

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• Obama will learn from his mistakes.

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  Mistake

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• In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.

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  Forgiving, President, Voters

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• Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.

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  Evil, Inexplicable

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• Anything can go wrong in a debate, and Obama is not a perfect debater.

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  Perfect, Debate

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• At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization?

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  Eras, Wonder, Polarization

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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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• 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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