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Conventional wisdom immediately solidified that Clinton's diplomacy response was more popular and mainstream than Obama's, even though polling data shows the exact opposite.
  • I'm noticing a double-standard here

    Cheney is the kind of guy who represents to me the hard case. He's not going to go negotiate with anybody. Is it fair to say that Cheney would take the position, you don't deal with Ahmadinejad, for whatever reason, you don't deal with Castro, you don't deal with Kim Jong il or any of these guys. You stiff them. Is that the Cheney view?

    Cheney certainly doesn't have a problem meeting with other unsavory characters:

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