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published Jul 10th 2016, 10:15 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) —Years ago, the conservative activist Grover Norquist was the guest speaker in a class I teach at the University of Pennsylvania. “Older people are the base of the Democratic Party,” he told the class of predominantly liberal Ivy

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©2015 Bloomberg View NR9W436S9728 (Bloomberg View) — News item: Jeb Bush’s super PAC has raised… Yes, it’s a lot of money, but, sorry, I can’t get into it. The amount of money Jeb! will raise for his presidential campaign is More Than Enough. The details of exactly how much (more

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©2015 Bloomberg News NRBTK36S9728 (Bloomberg Politics) — Last year, a bipartisan commission established by President Obama declared that the U.S. faces an “impending crisis in voting technology.” After the 2000 Florida recount showed the world that the American presidency could be determined by hanging chads, Congress set aside $3.3 billion,

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NKJ8056KLVR5 (Bloomberg Politics) — Judging from the plethora of titles now crowding bookstore shelves, it would appear that publishing a memoir has become something of a requirement for politicians hoping to become president.  The urge to make the leap from politician to author makes sense on a number of levels.  Releasing

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NKJ8056KLVR5 (Bloomberg Politics) — Judging from the plethora of titles now crowding bookstore shelves, it would appear that publishing a memoir has become something of a requirement for politicians hoping to become president.  The urge to make the leap from politician to author makes sense on a number of levels.  Releasing

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