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0U.S. commentators said the result [of the midterms] had 'dramatically reshaped the balance of power in Washington."
0Party identity is never a shield, and populist rhetoric, however strong its power to mobilize, does not last if promises go unfulfilled.
0There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.
0The new breed of Democrats is bad news for Israel.
0Average voters do not primarily cast ballots for abstract strategic outcomes or distant conflicts; they vote to keep the lights on and the rent paid.
0[I]ts greatest flaw lies in moving the power of decision in presidential elections from the people ... to the Electoral College, whose members represent the states.
0Refusing to be yes-men to those in power is the correct path in the pursuit of democracy.
0The Americans, and the West in general, do not see an "Arab moment" at all. They simply see prey, and they are competing over who gets to swallow it whole.
The plan ignores the root cause of the region’s decades-old conflict, which is the unresolved Palestinian question.
The failure was not a lack of information. It was a lack of political courage.
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