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" Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out. "
Peggy Noonan
Out
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" Presidents have a right to certain prerogatives, including the expectation of a certain deference. He's the president; this is history. But we seem to have come a long way since Ronald Reagan was regularly barked at by Sam Donaldson, almost literally, and the president shrugged it off. "
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