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STRAW POLL: an unofficial survey to determine preferences
With all the media focus on the event in Iowa today, it occurs to me that some may not know the meaning of a straw poll. This is not an official, unbiased caucus or election. Those are run under...
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ZANY: archaic term?
When potential Republican candidate Mitt Romney indirectly referred to potential candidate Newt Gingrich as being zany many reporters laughed and said it was an archaic word. Several have been...
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HAMMER AND TONGS: to pound something with excessive effort
It was Andrea Mitchell who said it on TV the other day. “Mitt Romney is going after Newt Gingrich with hammer and tongs.” I knew immediately what she meant, and, I suspect, so did 99% of those...
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CULL: to remove flawed or unwanted items
In the past few days Republicans have been said to be about the process of culling the ranks of prospective candidates for their nominee for President. It may well describe the process of sorting...
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“obfuscation, misdirection and straight-up lies” : a commetary on a political...
A posting by Robert L. Borosage in the Huffington Post takes issue with assumed Republican Candidate Mitt Romney, and he does it straight on. In doing so, he accuses Romney of “obfuscation,...
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PRESUMPTIVE: assumed to be the choice based upon available data
Numerous political pundits have speculated that Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate for President in 2012. They have begun to label him as the “presumptive Republican nominee.” That title...
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SILO: thinking that focuses on one issue at a time
A wise mentor and I were driving through farm country at one time several years ago on our way to an important meeting. “See that farm over there?” he said, pointing to a farm with five silos next to...
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REPRISE: to repeat
To reprise something is to repeat it. As in the case of a serial murderer, who earns that title only by repeating (his) crime. Or a dancer who reprises a step or action during a routine. Then...
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A TRUE PENULTIMATE: Debate #3
While there is no telling what could happen between now and November 6, one could say that tonight’s third debate between Mr. Romney and President Obama is a penultimate planned experience. This is...
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MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: one who “coaches” a completed experience when it...
It’s always easier to prognosticate and speculate when you have the facts. That’s true particularly when the event under scrutiny has already taken place. A Monday morning quarterback is one who...
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