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For all its faults, it is partisanship - based on core principles- that clarifies our debates, that prevents one party from straying too far from the mainstream and that constantly refreshes our politics with new ideas and new leaders.

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Tom DeLay
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 8
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