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The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics. ↗

— Michael Pollan

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A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics. ↗

— Peter Jennings

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If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself. ↗

— Karl Rove

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And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there. ↗

— Marco Rubio

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I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election. ↗

— Danny Strong

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There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. ↗

— John Gunther

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I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics, pure and simple. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

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'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say. ↗

— Dick Morris

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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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