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...hope had been that health care wouldn't take this long and that we would've teed up both energy and financial reform before the end of the first year. If there's one thing I have learned ... it always takes longer than you think...
With respect to financial reform: This was always one of our top agendas. I started talking about this during the campaign, and I made a major speech about how we're going to move forward [last] March. My hope had been that health care wouldn't take this long. And that we would've teed up both energy and financial reform before the end of the first year. If there's one thing I have learned - you asked earlier about something I've learned about this process - it always takes longer than you think...
...grabbed their attention, however, was something deeper in the data: among those most likely to vote, Brown was only 4 points down. In early January, the National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly dispatched staffers to Massachusetts and shifted $500,000 to the state party - a huge plug of cash that wouldn't show up on its campaign filings until after the election was over. "It was a long shot," says a strategist, "but there was a very real opportunity for a forward pass." That pass connected, and Scott Brown has given his party a brand-new playbook...
...wouldn't take much to accustom the American palate to less salty fare, she says. In the U.K., government regulations lowering salt in processed foods resulted in a 10% drop in salt intake by the population, with few, if any, mourning any loss in taste. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...Serrano estimates it took seven months, about 100 viewings and 30 rejected offers before he succeeded this past fall in purchasing a home. "Every time I put in a bid that I thought was reasonable, they wouldn't call back," he says. Serrano, a project manager for a demolition company, finally bought a foreclosed three-bedroom, two-bath house for $150,000 - more than $40,000 above the list price...