And when you consider how thin the margin was and supposedly how many people oppose the war in Iraq, you would think that they would have won by a lot bigger margin.

NPR: Karl Rove is Out

But you have the louder voices of the industrial interests that feel threatened by it, which is I think almost always the case of why people, you know, oppose - not all people - but there's a - that would be a primary kind of opponent.

NPR: Rocky Mountain Activist Carole King

They do not want this agency that is designed precisely to protect consumers to exist as it now stands, and they've said they would reject or oppose any nominee, which is something I think that needs to be explained to the American people because this agency is there to protect them.

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