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Obama's impressive new OLC chief

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 03:07 PM

    Feinstein and Rockefeller

    If their behavior vis a vis-à-vis the Bush administration is any guide, Feinstein and Rockefeller are merely upset that they weren't "consulted" on the fact that they would be utterly disregarded before being utterly disregarded.

    It's the decorum, you see. Being treated as irrelevant simply must come with the requisite antecedent formalities.

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