But I would simply say that, as the President said yesterday in his press conference, even a greater majority of Americans than voted for him last week supports the idea that there has to be revenue in our approach to dealing with our fiscal challenges, and that revenue ought to come from asking the very wealthiest Americans to pay a little bit extra.
Last week gives evidence of the tremendous enthusiasm for the idea that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and I kicked off in 2007 with 38 countries participating.
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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul recently made a splash when he endorsed immigration reform, and he had the right idea this week when he called for a simple, generous guest-worker program.
We were so strapped for time, the idea of dedicating several hours a week to TV seemed impossible.
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Using the "friend" method for the vaccine against that virus, distributed for the first time this week, would not be a bad idea, although it is still a new concept that needs to be tested, Fowler said.
However, another study, presented this week at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference, in Atlanta, cast doubt on the idea that the mechanisms for facial recognition and reading emotions are tightly linked.
George Bush indicated last week that he would not lobby for the federal amendment, though he still approves of the idea.
With climate negotiations apparently going nowhere - reports from Bonn this week indicate a whole new outbreak of division - is there scope in Rio for a Big Idea on energy?
Concerns about the palpable subordination of U.S. national interests to such considerations may have contributed to the request last week by California's Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein for a long-overdue security review of this idea.
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Obama seemingly welcomed the attack and calmly rebutted the Ayers connection. (He didn't really address the ACORN claim, though he did earlier this week.) Obama consistently turned his responses to the idea that there were far bigger issues at play for most Americans, like the failing economy and their job security.
One of the most articulate advocates for this idea is Dalton Caldwell, founder and CEO of App.net, who I interviewed last week.
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New Yorkers rejected it this week by a two-to-one margin, but the idea is gathering support elsewhere as a possible cure for political ailments ranging from voter apathy to partisanship.
Last week many bankers were surprised to see Citi back Congress's controversial call for allowing judges to rework mortgages, an idea the financial services industry has resisted throughout the credit crisis.
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