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Presidential Watch's
IOWA DAILY REPORT Holding
the Democrats accountable today, tomorrow...forever.
THE DAILY
REPORT for Sunday, October 12, 2003
... QUOTABLE:
Regarding the possible Kerry-Gephardt
behind-the-scenes alliance: "… it is manifestly
in their interest to make sure that the stumble
occurs before Iowa and New Hampshire." --
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute in Washington
"It's the Beltway boys hanging out together.
This is the kind of inside Washington politics
that people are sick of." – Joe Trippi, the
Dean campaign manager, responding to the possible
Kerry-Gephardt alliance against Dean.
"He’s [Joe Trippi] being totally hypocritical.
Two weeks ago he ran into me and some of my
staffers at Dulles airport and suggested that
instead of attacking Howard Dean on Medicare, we
should help him and Howard Dean attack Wesley
Clark. This was a lengthy conversation." --
Steve Murphy, the Gephardt campaign manager,
responding to Joe Trippi’s ‘It’s the Beltway boys’
comment.
"Iowa, he has to win and that is very,
extremely important," – Teamster’s labor union
leader James P. Hoffa.
“I told them if they [Vermont legislature]
didn't pass a cigarette tax to pay for our health
care program, then they wouldn't be able to fund
seniors' prescriptions” – Dr. Dean, defending
himself against Kerry’s charge he tried to kick
Vermont seniors of an Rx plan in 2002.
"In my experience, the losing side in an
argument in the governmental process tends to
blame the security adviser. The fact that all of
them are complaining simultaneously is not a bad
sign." – Henry Kissinger, on rift-baring
criticisms of Condoleezza Rice’s new role in Iraq
reconstruction.
“Wesley Clark may be leading the Democratic
presidential pack in the national polls, but he is
far behind the front-runners in the crucial early
state races that will heavily influence, if not
decide, who will become the party's nominee” –
Washington Post’s Donald Lambro.
“Just by moving its address to Bermuda, (Tyco)
can take $400 million off the tax code in the
United States and stick every single one of you
with the bill,” – John Kerry, campaigning in
Warner, New Hampshire this weekend.
“Clark's biggest problem in Iowa isn't lack of
detail. It's the question of whether to do much
campaigning here or not.” – DSM Register
columnist David Yepsen, on candidate Wesley Clark.
… Among the offerings in today’s update:
The secret alliances of Dem candidates
On the DeanBlog: no one addresses Joe Trippi’s
attempt at a ‘secret alliance’ with Gephardt
campaign
Teamster’s Hoffa says Gephardt will get AFL-CIO
endorsement
Camp Clark: right poll numbers, wrong places
Des Moines Register’s Jane Norman looks at
centrist Joe Lieberman
NY Times article rakes the jobs-issue rhetoric
Lieberman’s poisoned pen?
Camp Clark brings in more Clinton vets
Newt Gingrich – no, not Dr. Dean, we mean the
REAL one – in Iowa touting his healthcare plan
Did Dr. Dean try to give Vermont seniors the
boot on Rx plan?
Kerry stumps in Warner, New Hampshire to good
response
DSM Register’s David Yepsen: Wesley Clark is
long on resume, short on positions
* CANDIDATES/CAUCUSES:
… Ah, the secret alliances that form behind the
scenes of the Democratic presidential race! Often
said, and often true: Politics makes strange
bed fellows… Witness this report, published
yesterday in the
New York Times, headlined, “2 Dean Rivals
Unite Against Mutual Threat.” Excerpts: “Perhaps
it was not so surprising to see Representative
Richard A. Gephardt and Senator John Kerry arm in
arm, all smiles, whispering in each other's ears on
stage at the Democratic debate Thursday night in
Phoenix. These two presidential contenders, who for
months have been eclipsed by the surging campaign of
Howard Dean, have been fairly chummy of late — at
Dr. Dean's expense. At a debate two weeks ago in
New York, for example, when Mr. Gephardt questioned
Dr. Dean's support for Medicare, it was Mr. Kerry
who came to Mr. Gephardt's side, saying his tactic
was fair. Aides to both men say there is no overt
conspiracy, but they acknowledge that at least at a
staff level, the Gephardt and Kerry campaigns are
more than friendly: they are sharing information
about Dr. Dean that helps fuel each another's
attacks. On Sept. 30, for instance, both
campaigns fired off press releases within 18 minutes
of each other touting a column in The Boston
Globe critical of Dr. Dean. Shortly before,
according to Steve Elmendorf, Mr. Gephardt's chief
of staff, he and Jim Jordan, Mr. Kerry's campaign
manager, told each other of the column by e-mail.
… Part of what is going on, campaign workers say, is
the normal result of an information age in which
staff members are in constant communication by
personal e-mail devices and cell phones about
everything from agreeing to joint appearances by
their candidates to reacting to news coverage. …
For the two candidates, attacking Dr. Dean may be a
matter of survival, said Norman Ornstein, resident
scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in
Washington. "There is a great danger that Dean could
neutralize Gephardt in Iowa, and then neutralize
Kerry in New Hampshire, and then even if Dean
stumbles later on, they can't recover from that," he
said. "So it is manifestly in their interest to make
sure that the stumble occurs before Iowa and New
Hampshire." … "It's the Beltway boys hanging
out together," said Joe Trippi, Dr. Dean's campaign
manager. "This is the kind of inside Washington
politics that people are sick of." But Steve Murphy,
the Gephardt campaign manager, said Mr. Trippi was
being "totally hypocritical," adding: "Two weeks ago
he ran into me and some of my staffers at Dulles
airport and suggested that instead of attacking
Howard Dean on Medicare, we should help him and
Howard Dean attack Wesley Clark. This was a lengthy
conversation."
… IPW COMMENTARY: Official Dean Web Log (blog)
responds to Kerry-Gephardt ‘alliance’ against their
boy, Dr. Dean. Name of Dean ‘thread’ is “It Takes
Two, Baby”:
·
“The real problem will come when Kerry
and Gep start talking to Hillary”
·
“If you don’t like what Kerry and
Gephardt are doing, then quit doing the same thing
to Clark…
·
“In the interest of fairness Joe
should also have posted this excerpt from the [New
York Times] article: ‘but Steve Murphy, the Gephardt
campaign manager, said Mr. Trippi was being “totally
hypocritical,” adding: “Two weeks ago he ran into me
and some of my staffers at Dulles airport and
suggested that instead of attacking Howard Dean on
Medicare, we should help him and Howard Dean attack
Wesley Clark. This was a lengthy conversation.”
After reading through the entire web log (blog)
string (all comments posted on that particular
subject), not one Deanie responded to the Joe Trippi
solicit of the Gephardt campaign. Trouble by this,
IPW ventured a posted commented, which can be seen
on the
Dean Web Log:
·
“I am the webmaster for
conservative website www.IowaPresidentialWatch.com. I
often check in on the various blogs to read comments
posted. Regarding the Kerry-Gephardt alliance
against Dean: not one of you has responded to Joe
Trippi's attempt to join forces with Gephardt's crew
against Wesley Clark. This puzzles me, as the
majority of you seem highly truth-oriented. I am
preparing a piece for today's website and
unfortunately cannot find any comment here
acknowledging Joe Trippi's equally damning actions.
Whassup?”
It will be interesting, and telling, to see if the
Dean web loggers are willing to address Joe Trippi’s
actions.
… Teamster’s Hoffa says Gephardt will get AFL-CIO
endorsement.
Des Moines Register’s Thomas Beaumont
gives the details in today’s Register
article, headlined, “Hoffa: Gephardt must take
Iowa.” Excerpts: “One of the nation's most
powerful labor leaders said in Des Moines on
Saturday that Democratic presidential candidate Dick
Gephardt must win Iowa's lead-off caucuses to
capture the 2004 nomination. James P. Hoffa,
president of the Teamsters union, also said he
expects Gephardt to garner the AFL-CIO's coveted
endorsement, despite the labor federation's decision
to delay an endorsement until December. ….
"Iowa, he has to win and that is very, extremely
important," said Hoffa, whose politically
powerful 1.4 million members have endorsed Gephardt.
… The Teamsters' help is a potent asset for Gephardt
in the fight for the Jan. 19 caucuses… Roughly 30
percent of Democratic caucus activists are union
members.”
… Finally, an apples-to-apples
article on the fallacy of the Wesley Clark poll
numbers. And leave it to
Washington Times’ Donald Lambro to
nail it. Here are excerpts from today’s Lambro
article, titled, “Clark leads the pack but not in
the right places.” Excerpts:
“Wesley
Clark may be leading the Democratic presidential
pack in the national polls, but he is far behind the
front-runners in the crucial early state races that
will heavily influence, if not decide, who will
become the party's nominee.
With behind-the-scenes support from former President
Clinton, the retired four-star general from Little
Rock, Ark., who was supreme commander of NATO
forces, catapulted into the lead in the national
polls right after he announced his candidacy last
month and has held that position ever since. Three
weeks after he entered the contest, he is still
drawing 22 percent in the national Gallup Poll —
outdistancing his four top rivals who have been
campaigning for more than a year. But national
polls are largely irrelevant in the state-by-state
delegate-selection contests that usually turn on
county-by-county, street-level politics that
narrowly appeal to each state's local, cultural and
political interests.”
… Smokin’ Joe Lieberman, using boxing terms,
described last August why his centrist approach will
win in 2004: “When the opponent is covering up on
his right, a left hook is not going to knock him
out. We’ve got to go right up the middle.”
Des Moines Register’s Jane Norman follows
up on Lieberman, his centrist position and
his Jewish faith in today’s Register article,
“Lieberman: The ability to serve, not religion,
important to voters.” Excerpts: “I always say
I am running as an American who happens to be
Jewish, and not the other way around," Lieberman
said in a recent interview in the back seat of a
sport utility vehicle, as he was driven from one
television appearance to another on Capitol Hill.
"It's clear the American people are ready to vote
for somebody for president regardless of religion or
race or nationality or gender or anything else, if
they think that person is the best able to serve."
Steven Bayme, director of contemporary Jewish life
at the American Jewish Committee in New York, has
said that "old Democratic policies like higher taxes
and weakness on defense are not the solution" and
that the party must reclaim the vital center.
"Let me put it in boxing terms," Lieberman said Aug.
4 at the National Press Club. "When the opponent is
covering up on his right, a left hook is not going
to knock him out. We've got to go right up the
middle." Lieberman, 61, brings a lifetime of
political experience to the presidential race,
including his roller-coaster run as the vice
presidential nominee that ended in defeat after the
excruciating Florida recount. "I loved every minute
of it . . . until the end," Lieberman often says.
…his most famous moment came when he took to the
Senate floor in 1998 as one of the first Democrats
to denounce former President Clinton's behavior with
intern Monica Lewinsky as "disgraceful." …though
Lieberman is in the top or second tier of
presidential candidates in national polls, in Iowa
he has lagged behind more fire-breathing, anti-war
candidates such as former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean
and Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri.”
… Today’s
New York Times rakes through the rhetoric,
separating fact from fiction concerning the jobs
topic. Headline: “Rhetoric Vies With Reality on a
Hot Topic: Jobs.”… Joe Liberman interrupted himself
in a recent debate to announce, "This is all about
jobs." With the attention [on jobs issue] has
come an escalating battle between the parties to
define the terms of the debate and the numbers used
in it. To no one's surprise, that battle
includes some hyperbole. Here is a guide to the
economic rhetoric of the 2004 election:”
·
Democratic exaggeration:
·
Republican denial:
… Lieberman’s poison pen? If Joe Lieberman had
his way, Iowa would no longer have
first-in-the-nation status in the presidential
nominating process. According to Jane Norman,
Des Moines Register, it was Lieberman who
co-wrote the legislation aimed at abolishing it.
Excerpts from today’s article: “Sen. Joe
Lieberman, prior to his emergence as a presidential
candidate, was the co-author of legislation that
would have ended Iowa's first-in-the-nation role in
the presidential nominating process. Lieberman,
a Connecticut Democrat, in October 1999
introduced with Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., the
"Regional Presidential Selection Act of 1999."
Under the act, states would be organized into four
geographic regions for the purpose of presidential
primaries and caucuses. The West, Midwest, Northeast
and South would take turns voting first in each
electoral cycle. The bill would have been
effective for the 2004 election, with the Northeast
region - including Lieberman's home state of
Connecticut - going first. Lieberman and Gorton
introduced the legislation at a time when members of
the Democratic and Republican national parties were
debating whether to change the current system that
allows Iowa to have the first presidential caucuses
and New Hampshire to have the first presidential
primary. Party members decided to leave the current
system intact for 2004, amid fierce lobbying by Iowa
politicians. … Lieberman's staff did not respond to
a request for comment on whether he continues to
support regional primaries.
… John Kerry continued to hammer on Dr. Dean,
saying the doctor-Governor tried to kick Vermont
seniors off their Rx drug plan. Today’s
WashingtonPost.com (OnPolitics) carries the
story, written by Ceci Connolly, headlined,
“Kerry Criticizes Dean’s ’02 Gambit.” Excerpts:
“In poker, it's called a bluff -- or at least that
is the way Howard Dean and some neutral observers
characterized his threats in early 2002 to kill a
prescription drug program for 3,000 senior citizens.
Presenting his final budget as governor of
Vermont, Dean proposed eliminating the discount
program to help close a budget gap. He says
it was a strategic maneuver aimed at forcing the
state legislature to adopt his proposed cigarette
tax increase. But Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry's
opposition research team has a different
interpretation. During a televised Democratic
presidential candidates debate in Phoenix late
Thursday, CNN moderator Judy Woodruff told Dean that
Kerry's campaign aides were distributing a flier
that accused him of trying to "kick Vermont seniors
off their prescription drug plan." "That's
silly, of course," Dean replied. "What I did try to
do was get a cigarette tax past the Republican
House. They wouldn't pass them. I told them if
they didn't pass a cigarette tax to pay for our
health care program, then they wouldn't be able to
fund seniors' prescriptions. "They passed the
cigarette tax, as I knew they would." Kerry brushed
off Dean's silliness claim, declaring: "It's what he
did. I mean, it's sad. But he in fact, in order to
balance his budget, terminated -- called for the
full termination of what was called the VScript
program." So who is right? Both, of course. …
Several Vermont newspapers said at the time that
Dean's intentions were obvious. "Dean's proposal
puts pressure on lawmakers to increase the cigarette
tax," wrote the Burlington Free Press, describing
the move as the "opening gambit in what will be a
fierce chess match between the governor and the
Legislature." But others pointed out that if the
legislature adopted his 2002 budget as submitted,
the program would have died.
… John Kerry’s New Hampshire campaigning found
good reception in Warner. According to the
Union Leader today, Kerry is positioning
himself as ‘the steadfast Democrat among those
seeking the nomination.’ More excerpts: “I am
the only candidate running for this job of President
who brings 35 years of demonstrated experience and
willingness to stand up and fight for the values of
the Democratic Party — not a two-week commitment; 35
years of having stood up and fought,” Kerry said
… Kerry promised to scour the tax code if he were
elected President. “We are going to take out any
loophole or any tax incentive for anybody who takes
their company overseas at the expense of American
jobs.” Kerry cited Tyco as an example. “Just by
moving its address to Bermuda, (Tyco) can take $400
million off the tax code in the United States and
stick every single one of you with the bill,” Kerry
said. … He told the crowd he was a fiscal
conservative. … Some people questioned Kerry’s
commitment to the development of hybrid automobiles.
Kerry said he’d buy one if it were a domestic model.
Others challenged Kerry on his support in the fight
to stop the spread of AIDS worldwide. “He really
seems to know where he stands on the issues,” said
Robert Block of Concord. Block spoke with Kerry and
decided he would vote for him. …“This part of the
state doesn’t get a chance to see a lot of
candidates come through,” said Derek Lick of Sutton.
“You see them in Concord and Manchester, but he’s
taking an interest in the Kearsarge region,” Lick
said of Kerry.
…On the
Des Moines Register’s Sunday Editorial pages:
David Yelsen column, titled “Hit the trail to
Pisgah, Clark.” Yespen finds Wesley Clark
long on resume credits, and short on specific
answers to the very issues Iowa caucus goers and
voters need. In the race for the Dem nomination,
Yepsen points out that Clark’s biggest problem of
all, though, is bypassing Iowa altogether.
Excerpts: “… while Clark was addressing a group of
Iowa Democrats, his national campaign manager was in
the process of quitting because he was being
demoted. (It seems the manager wanted to move the
campaign out of Washington, D.C., and into places
such as Iowa and New Hampshire but was
running into objection from old Bill Clinton
hands.) It wasn't just the staff problem. Clark
entered the race late. He flubbed his debut by
mishandling the question of whether he would have
voted to go to war in Iraq. In May 2001, he gave a
speech to an Arkansas GOP fund-raiser where he sang
praises of … And he's now being accused of violating
campaign-finance laws by accepting lecture fees
while a presidential candidate. (Including about
$30,000 for a University of Iowa lecture.)
Individually, none of those things is fatal to a
presidential candidate. Collectively, they show a
campaign that's incompetent. It's enough to make you
wonder if Clark's effort will fizzle as quickly as
it rose. Many showed up at the community college
here to hear him offer details about issues.
Instead, he served up a pretty thin soup. …That
lack of meat on the bones doesn't bother a lot of
Clark's supporters. They're for him because of his
resume, not because of his positions. But a lot of
other issue-oriented Democrats are looking for
something more in a candidate. …Clark's biggest
problem in Iowa isn't lack of detail. It's the
question of whether to do much campaigning here or
not. … there are only 15 weeks left in the Iowa
campaign, and Clark is going up against opponents
who've been here for months. … the road to the
White House runs through places such as Pisgah and
What Cheer. Iowa activists in those places won't
honor candidates with their votes if the candidates
don't honor them with their presence.
…
Des Moines Register columnist Rekha Basu offers
kind words for Bob Graham. Headlined, “Must
nice guys finish last?”, here are some excerpts:
“They say nice guys finish last. I've tried not
to believe it. But in a week that included Bob
Graham's retreat and Arnold Schwarzenegger's
victory, I'm not so sure anymore. The Democratic
Florida senator was, by many accounts, one of the
nicest people in the presidential race. And by many
accounts, California's governor-elect is a boor.
Their respective defeat and victory have nothing to
do with each other. But they do say something
unsettling about what the voters like and don't like
at the polls. …"He's not a show horse. He's not
flashy, but he's committed his life to public
service," she [Graham’s daughter] said. … So what's
working against nice guys? Halfway through writing
this column, I read an analysis of Graham's weak
showing that mentioned he had based much of his
campaign on his vote against the Iraq war. That
should be a winning strategy. "Yet anti-war
activists preferred Howard Dean's fist-pounding
indignation to Graham's calm, measured arguments
against President Bush's foreign policy," the
analysis said. I have to admit, I saw myself in the
group that preferred the fist-pounding. I guess I've
answered my own question.”
… The Clark Campaign has added several Clinton
veterans to its top positions, but the top 2 spots –
national campaign director and political director –
are still vacant. An article in yesterday’s
New York Times outlined the details. Excerpts: “Gen.
Wesley K. Clark announced a raft of top appointments
to his presidential campaign on Friday, just days
after simmering tensions inside the fledgling
organization led to the resignation of his campaign
manager. Several of the new appointees are veterans
of the Clinton administration. And the
campaign has entered discussions with former Vice
President Al Gore's campaign spokesman, Chris
Lehane, who recently left the presidential
campaign of Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Clark campaign officials said that with the
appointments, the campaign was setting firm lines of
authority and would become a more stable operation,
though it still lacks a campaign manager and a
political director.” Here is a listing of the new
staff and their positions:
o
Matt Bennett… Director of
Communications.
o
Eli Segal… Chief Executive Officer.
o
Mickey Kantor… Chairman of
the Steering Committee.
o
Richard Sklar… Chief
Operating Officer.
o
Diana Rogalle… Finance
Director.
*
THE CLINTON COMEDIES:
… Okay, IPW just couldn’t resist this one. As
uncovered in Paul Bedard’s (USNEWS.com’s editor and
chief reporter of Washington Whispers…) ‘Paul’s Weekly Web Picks’…
it’s
HILLARY – click here --
* WAR/TERROR: …
The
WashingtonPost.com takes account of the
aftermath of last week’s naming of Condoleezza Rice
as head of the newly formed Iraq Stabilization
Group. The article is titled, “Rice Fails
to Repair Rifts, Officials Say – Cabinet Rivalries
Complicate Her Role.” Excerpts: “Last week, the
White House announced that national security adviser
Condoleezza Rice had been given the new
responsibility of managing the struggling effort to
rebuild Iraq. In the words of one official, Rice
would "crack the whip, frankly." The announcement
was met by puzzlement throughout the foreign policy
community: Isn't that what the national security
adviser is supposed to do in the first place? Rice
has proved to be a poised and articulate defender of
President Bush's policies. But her management of the
National Security Council -- the principal
coordinator and enforcer of presidential decision
making -- has come under fire from former and
current administration officials and a range of
foreign policy experts. … A senior State Department
official -- voicing an opinion that few in the
government disputed -- said: "If you want a one-word
description of the NSC since January 21, 2001:
dysfunctional." Rice declined to be interviewed for
this article. But Stephen E. Biegun, a former NSC
executive secretary who left in January to become
national security affairs adviser to Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), dismissed many of the
complaints as "blame-shifting." "The State
Department and Defense Department don't need Condi
Rice to solve their problems," he said. "They are at
the table to solve those problems." Henry A.
Kissinger, former national security adviser and
secretary of state, said, "In my experience, the
losing side in an argument in the governmental
process tends to blame the security adviser. The
fact that all of them are complaining simultaneously
is not a bad sign."
* NATIONAL POLITICS:
… Newt Gingrich – no, not Dr. Dean, we mean the
REAL Newt – in Iowa touting his healthcare
plan. According to the
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Ginrich has
been in Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, to attend
Mrs. Gingrich’s 15-year college reunion.
Excerpts: “Before I leave here, I'm hoping to have a
few things explained," Gingrich told a capacity
crowd at Luther College Thursday night. "I'll be in
several classrooms Friday, and I'm hoping to
discover why Luther has this mesmerizing impact that
lasts a lifetime." Gingrich's wife, Callista, is a
1988 Luther College graduate. Gingrich and his wife
are in Decorah trip to attend Callista's 15-year
class reunion and homecoming festivities. During the
Callista's senior year, she lived above the Mabe's
[the famous Decorah pizza place], and on her last
visit to Decorah she returned to the East Coast with
a slice of frozen pizza. "And it was like here it
is, from the Promised Land," said Gingrich, who is a
former Speaker of the U.S. House. While at the
Center for Faith and Life in Decorah, Gingrich also
presented his ideas for transforming health care in
the United States. The Georgia Republican was
first elected to the House in 1978 and spoke as part
of the college's distinguished lecture series. "We
want to get you before you're a patient and keep you
healthy," Gingrich said. He is the founder of the
Center for Health Transformation and said the group
strives for better outcomes at lower cost. He
said doctors and hospitals need to take full
advantage of existing technologies. One idea he
suggested was UPC coding on patient wristbands and
on all prescriptions dispensed in hospitals. Four of
10 prescriptions require a second call from
pharmacies because the physician's writing isn't
legible, Gingrich said. … Sophomore Alissa Darrow of
Anamosa was pleased to see a conservative speaker
brought to campus. She thought his message was
well-received. "This is a pretty liberal campus, so
that's pretty tough for anyone to do," she said.”
* FEDERAL POLITICS:
… In a move aimed at expediting President Bush’s
court nominations, Republican senators are planning
a ‘blitz’ next week. Today’s
WashingtonTimes.com tells the tale, titled,
“GOP plans push on Bush court nominations.”
Excerpts: “Senate Republicans plan a blitz to
confirm President Bush's stalled judicial
nominations soon after returning from break next
week. Though their first priority will be
passing Mr. Bush's $87 billion request for occupying
and rebuilding Iraq, top Republicans said the
blocked judges will be next on the agenda. Their
plans include forcing around-the-clock debate on
filibustered nominees, introducing a change
in Senate rules that would bar filibusters against
judicial nominees and creating a "judges week,"
during which all other legislative issues would be
pushed aside to make way for debate on the nominees.
Four judicial nominees are stalled by filibusters on
the Senate floor or otherwise blocked from reaching
the floor. Three more nominees are awaiting action
by the Senate Judiciary Committee and appear headed
toward a similar fate. In total, Democrats and
Republicans say the number of filibustered nominees
could reach seven before year's end.
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