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" It's actually harder than it looks to be a good pundit on the air. You've got to have stuff to say. "

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" Clinton passed his first budget without a single Republican vote in either the House or the Senate. Before it led to the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, it led to a Democratic defeat in the 1994 midterms. "

" Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business. "

" In the world of screens, we're all tired of screens. That's why I think that live events have become so popular. "

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" 'Worshipping in private,' as Obama does, comes off as just another form of annoying elitism. "

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" For a guy who believes in hope, Obama doesn't seem to be able to spread much of it around. How can he? We know too much now about the hollowness of institutions and the frailty of their leaders. "

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