McCain's future, in large measure, will depend on whether the voters in Michigan see his words through the prism of Theodore Roosevelt -- the heroic victim of dirty pool -- or through the prism of Bob Dole -- the snappish temper tantrum of a sore loser.

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Microsoft will continue to complain because playing dirty pool is in their corporate DNA. Google has made some stupid mistakes in the last few years (being in China, Google Buzz, poor explanation of capturing WiFi packets, etc.), but compared to Microsoft, they are far better for the consumer in this dimension since Microsoft will do anything and everything to have their way.

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