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Matthew Dowd: What Do Real Folks Want? Leadership and Certainty from Washington

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I spent a good bit of time this past week in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia to investigate what the impending fiscal cliff might mean to real people and real businesses there, what those folks were worried about, and what they wanted from Washington, DC. This is a region dependent on defense spending, with one of the largest naval bases in the world, and conservative on issues such as taxes. I talked to a defense subcontractor, an office supply storeowner, a hair salon owner, people in the tourism industry, the mayor of Norfolk, and just regular folks. I was ready to hear about specific policies they wanted on taxes or federal spending. I was ready to hear ideas that were partisan, driven from either a Democratic or Republican perspective.   I heard neither.

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Matthew Dowd: What Do Real Folks Want? Leadership and Certainty from Washington

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