“Extremes are ultimately their own side's worst enemy.”

—  John Avlon

Republican Governor Popularity Plummets, May 19, 2010, The Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/05/19/republican-governor-popularity-plummets-from-ohios-kasich-to-floridas-scott-to-wisconsins-walker.html,

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