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Hadley
6 key tests
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Robert Singh
'A process that once yielded men of integrity and self sacrifice dedicated to public service now encourages self-started, millionaire egomaniacs... whose principal reasons for getting to the white house are money and personal charm, not coherent
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Robert Singh continued
policy programs or suitable qualifications for the job'
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Anthony Bennett
'Culling and seperating of the field'
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The Times - caucuses
'Democracy at its most earthy'
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Shafer
'Bifurcated conventions
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Newt Gingrich - Ryan's budget
'Right wing social engineering
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Professor King
'wear and tear'
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New York Times
'this is madess; if you don't have $80 million you have no chance whatsoever'
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Morris Fiornia - Cs+Ps
'reinforce the divide between the political elite and ordinary voters'
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The Times - TV debates
'US Presidential debates rarely settle the outcome of the election. They do however provide the iconice moments... which vividly demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates
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The economist - Al Gore's debate
'a woeful performance'
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SCJ O'Connor & Stevens
'Money, like water, will always find an outlet'
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SCJ Kennedy
'No sufficient interest justifies limits on political speech'
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Obama - Citizens United ruling
'This ruling strikes out our democracy itself'
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Obama - spending
'Drown out the voices of everyday Americans'
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The economist (08) - money
'The rejection of the Bush legacy and the charm of Obama - not money'
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FairVote.org
'Politicians to chose their voters before the voters chose them'
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Jacobson
'A shared sense of fate'
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Jacobson
'those convinced that they are electied on their own, despite the top of the ticket, have less reason to co-operate
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Fiorina
'the voters disenchantment with both parties'
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Rand Paul
'a tea party tidal wave' (2010)
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Washington Post
'A nation wide recoil against Obama's idea of unlimited government'
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John Boehner
'A repudiation of big government'
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The Economist - 2010
'hardly an enthusiastic vote for the Republicans; more a howl of rage against incumbents from citizens struggling after the worse economic slowdown since the 1930s
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Peter Kellner
'Political agenda is now dictated by the sad, the mad, the bad and the rich'
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Robert Singh

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