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Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be

Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system – like our physical existence – still breaks down along geographical lines. – Eric Alterman

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Politically, Obamas amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding. – Eric Alterman

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Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, its easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience. – Eric Alterman

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Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their adherents a well-deserved F in any freshman economics (or earth science) class. – Eric Alterman

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I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts – protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics, if not in my soul. The true me, my spiritual core, slipped further and further from reach. – James McGreevey

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There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, How can you make a movie during an election thats about politics? What are you doing? Are you trying to influence peoples lives? To which my response was, Well, I hope so. – John Sayles

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It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country. – Jon Meacham

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I mean that I think I find the psychology of people more interesting than politics. I think the psychology of politics is more interesting than straight politics. – Joan Cusack

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