And I'm feeling cautiously optimistic that we can get this done and start rolling up our sleeves and getting to work improving the lives of the American people.

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"If you get this kind of stuff rolling, " he says, "it will help you attract better chief executive candidates"--and, presumably, reduce the chance of parachuting in a VC later.

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This is certainly one way to get, on a rolling basis, to see a lot of that information in front of you.

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And I think that the Vice President was simply demonstrating that progress is being made, that a lot of work needs to be done, but the American people should take heart in the fact that people are rolling up their sleeves and trying to get this done.

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This kind of confidence is just what Japan needs to get the country rolling again.

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Everyone understands the need for comprehensive immigration reform, but rather than working this through patiently, Obama last year issued executive orders to get the ball rolling.

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"Off the top of my head, two other songs that I can immediately think of with this type of lyric are 'Hey, hey, you, you get off of my cloud' by the Rolling Stones and 'Hey little girl I want to be your boyfriend' by the Ramones, " she said.

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