You may hate politics, but in the work environment, you need to be politically savvy if you want to move your career forward.

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But Obama's approach is the antithesis of the politics of hate and division.

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In particular, they turn off independents, who by nature tend to hate the hard edges of politics.

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And you know, the old truism in politics is that voters hate negative attacks, but politicians keep on using them because they work.

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