As mentioned above, these are tests of your ability to herd cats.

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That was widely interpreted as a weak attempt to herd cats.

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But if I need to get a big, important, costly complex project done, let me first find a person who can herd cats.

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"If you look historically, Democrats are like cats, they're difficult to herd, " Oberlander says.

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