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American - Politician Born: August 9, 1948

While imperfect, the electoral college has generally served the republic well. It forces candidates to campaign in a variety of closely contested races, where political debate is typically robust.

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Debate Political College Well

Now that Donald Trump has won the presidency despite losing the popular vote, there's a growing cry to rethink, or even abolish, the electoral college. This would be a mistake.

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Mistake Losing Cry Vote

You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand.

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You People Words Stand

If we don't set the rules for commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, China will.

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Will Rules China Commerce

Some people would like the world to go back to the 1950s.

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People World Some People Back

The Republican establishment's 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect.

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Embrace Bar Coincidence Low

The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact.

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Positive Mistake Impact Potential

Palin's blatant lack of competence and preparedness needs no belaboring. What's critical is that substantive, serious Republican leaders either wouldn't or couldn't declare, before or after the election, 'This is not what our party stands for. We can and must do better.'

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Election Better Serious Party

Whether McCain actively sought Palin in 2008 or passively yielded to aides' pressure, he set a new standard for GOP candidates who rely on lots of sizzle and little substance.

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New Pressure Who He

Party leaders aren't responsible for every candidate's gaffe.

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Party Candidate Responsible Every

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What comes into the Oval Office are not the good or easy decisions. The easy decisions are made elsewhere. The things that make it to the Oval are always the hard ones.

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Good Easy Always Things

The Microsoft actions announced today are exactly the kinds of industry initiatives we need. Microsoft is using its resources to bring real privacy protection to Internet users by creating incentives for more websites to provide strong privacy protection.

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Today Internet Strong Privacy

In my opinion, it is not in our interest to have complicated negotiations with a region, and then have to follow it up with 535 negotiations at home. I have experienced recounts, and it is better to vote once.

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Home Vote Better Opinion

There is no question of the benefits that opening a market of a billion people will bring to American businesses. But as I said last year, this will test China and the world trade system.

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People World Will Opening

Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley.

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People Rich Think Mayor

Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much more difficult.

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You People Pen Difficult

Politics is all about relationships, people. A lot of it's emotional. It's not rocket science.

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Science Politics People Emotional

Bernie Sanders is making a big and potentially dangerous mistake with his continuing insistence on changes to the Democratic Party's rules and platform. I should know. As chairman of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, I understand too well where such ideological stubbornness can lead.

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Mistake Understand Know Dangerous

It's logical and fair to allow only registered or self-identified Democrats to choose their party's nominee (although numerous states do have open primaries). Letting more non-Democrats choose the nominee doesn't guarantee success in a November general election. And it does nothing to encourage people to join and work for the party.

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Work Success People Election

Sanders insists the party adopt 'the most progressive platform ever passed' at its Philadelphia convention. Since when does the runner-up get to dictate the platform?

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Party Get Philadelphia Progressive

Centrist voters typically decide general elections, so hard-left or hard-right platforms don't help.

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Help Decide General Elections

Our focus must be on making America the best place on earth to do business.

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Best Business Focus Place

I got through at Ignatius. I did OK, not great in any of my academic endeavors.

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Great Through Academic Got

There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them.

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God People Want Only

There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department.

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Politics Room Commerce Department

Commerce was the best job I could ever have.

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Best Job Commerce Ever

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