From my perspective, this is a simple problem that has very complicated politics and emotion that make it difficult to make progress.

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Yet it's difficult to imagine any proposal from Frist that would not entail an eventual up or down, simple majority vote on judicial nominees.

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Sociologists could have a field day with this question, but the explanation could be something as simple as the fact that people who live in cities are relatively insulated from how difficult and challenging it can be to produce the food, energy, equipment, devices, etc.

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