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They've spent the last four elections trimming their coverage of the conventions down to next to nothing on the obstensible grounds that they aren't relevant because they're already sewn up.
Polls: Hillary And Obama Neck And Neck In First Two States 2009
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I know we're all mad and know that their obstensible reasons are meaningless, and that the real agenda is to abuse the Senate rules to the maximum and thereby generate a perception of ineptitude and impotent futility which, they believe -- apparently correctly -- will cause the voters to reward them for their obstructionism.
The Nation: Top Stories Rachel Slajda 2010
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I know we're all mad and know that their obstensible reasons are meaningless, and that the real agenda is to abuse the Senate rules to the maximum and thereby generate a perception of ineptitude and impotent futility which, they believe -- apparently correctly -- will cause the voters to reward them for their obstructionism.
The Nation: Top Stories Rachel Slajda 2010
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