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This is what Newt Gingrich has wrought - is a politics in which it's very easy to destroy and very hard to build.

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George Packer
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 13
Journalist
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Santa Clara
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I don't think of Hillary Clinton as a bad choice. She's an uninspiring choice. She is a deeply imperfect choice, largely for reasons of her own tendency to get into a defensive crouch and create greater problems for herself and the rest of us by refusing to have a transparent reckoning.
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