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“ Republicans have gone off the deep end.

— Joe Scarborough, on the GOP’s reaction to Chicago losing.

“ The decision was made in a room of the White House without consultation.

— Some lobbyist, upset that the White House is banning lobbyists from federal advisory committees. Seriously, who does that Obama think he is? The President? “There is fury,” said a[nother] lobbyist who sits on one of the committees. “Absolute fury.”

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“ Today McDonald’s, tomorrow low-cost clothes shops.

— Some hilarious Frenchman, upset about McDonalds at the Louvre

-             Now     9/24    9/17    9/10    9/3     8/27
B. Obama      53%/39% 54%/38% 55%/38% 56%/39% 52%/43% 55%/40%
N. Pelosi     35 /57  34 /57  34 /58  33 /59  32 /59  33 /58
H. Reid       32 /58  31 /57  30 /58  30 /59  31 /58  32 /57
M. McConnell  19 /63  18 /64  19 /63  18 /64  19 /63  18 /64
J. Boehner    13 /61  12 /63  13 /63  14 /62  15 /63  14 /64
Dem Party     41 /49  40 /50  41 /50  40 /51  39 /52  43 /50
The GOP       23 /66  22 /68  23 /67  22 /68  23 /69  20 /71
Cong. Dems    39 /55  38 /57  39 /56  38 /57  39 /56  40 /54
Cong. GOPers  18 /69  17 /70  18 /69  17 /70  18 /69  14 /73

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“ The part I am looking forward to least is some of the disagreements that took place within the campaign.

— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on Sarah Palin’s upcoming memoir (“Political Ticker”).

“ When I go to town hall meetings, I’ll say ‘You’re crazy’ — in a respectful way.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at an Atlantic Monthly/Aspen Institute forum today on how he deals with constituents questioning President Obama’s birthplace and religious background.

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“ I thought they really wanted to give us an award.

— The Lodge owner Dawn Rizos, on ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich’s decision to rescind her “Entrepreneur of the Year” award after he “realized that The Lodge was a topless bar” (Dallas Morning News).

“ I think my favorite is the plate commemorating the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.

— Jimmy Carter, on his favorite “artifact” in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum (11Alive.com).

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