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Maureen Dowd Wants a Candidate Like H.W. Again

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Maureen Dowd has covered every president since the early '90s. The second President Bush even gave her a nickname: "The Cobra." In her new book, Dowd examines what it takes to lead the country and what the press is missing about the current Republican nominee.

On the Spiel, Mike laments a bygone age of TV advertising.

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