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Voters sent message: It’s the economy, stupid

A great thing about our republic is that we change directions in government without

firing a shot. Well, except for that nasty 1861 to 1865 “unpleasantness” when we

killed 600,000 of our fellow Americans.
But hey, except for that our record is clean!
Voters Tuesday did the reasonable thing: There were too many people out of work, the

people they elected in 2008 paid little attention that fact and instead gave us an

unfathomable and monumental health care plan no one wanted.
And so the voters changed direction with the largest shift in Congressional seats in

my lifetime. The Republican …

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