"We're not interested in politicizing the process at all, " Burton told CNN's Frank Sesno.

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Instead of politicizing it, he says that government should create a path to commercialization that is paved with dedicated tax incentives.

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Despite what experts say about the need for a healthy Europe, expect the politicizing of IMF bailouts to get more intense.

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Echoing last year's battle over aid to the flood-ravaged Midwest, the White House is criticizing House Republicans for politicizing important issues like disaster relief and military support.

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Bond and Orrin Hatch of Utah of politicizing the issue.

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But Cheney's predictably over-the-top comments reminded those same Americans that he has no peer in politicizing issues of gravity--and they made Obama look that much more grown-up by comparison.

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But it's interesting you mentioned the Nebraska Governor -- this whole process, as you remember, got sort of derailed because of insistence on sort of politicizing something that was not political.

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"We don't want to be accused of politicizing this ... but we will be doing a lot of planning and interviewing and whatever's necessary to have hearings after the election, " Hyde said.

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Obama has said several times since the recent Wall Street crisis that, in meeting with top economists, he was encouraged to not roll out a specific plan for fear of overly politicizing the work of Congress on a government bailout of financial firms.

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