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The Whole Student Loan Thing Drives Me Completely Nuts. If It Wasn't Possible For 18-year-olds To Sign Themselves Up For Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars In Debt In Order To Pay Their College Bills, The State Governments Wouldn't Have Found It So Politically Easy To Cut Taxpayer Support For Public Colleges And Universities.

There's Always Been That Theory That If A Candidate Can't Run A Decent Campaign, He Probably Can't Run A Decent Presidency. That Might Be True, Although Sadly I Must Admit That Running A Brilliant Campaign Does Not Translate Into Running A Brilliant White House.

Take Hispanic Voters. They Favor Democrats Because They Like The Party's Programs, From Health Care Reform To Government Spending On Education. It's Not Because The Republicans Don't Have A Big Enough Office Of Hispanic Outreach.

[ella Baker]'s Second Defining Characteristic Was Her Dislike Of Top-down Leadership... 'she Felt Leaders Were Not Appointed But The Rose Up. Someone Will Rise. Someone Will Emerge'. It Was An Attitude Baker Shared With Some Of The Older Women In The Movement.

I'm Being Driven Crazy By People Who Are Obsessed With Limiting The Scope Of Government, But Feel Perfectly Free To Demand That Government Get Involved In Women's Most Personal Choices.