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Friday, March 1st, 2013

Quotation
It’s still going to be very hard to get the votes to raise taxes, but it just became much easier than it was… Before, I would have said it was virtually impossible. Now it’s at least possible.
— Former Republican Party chairman Chris Vance, now a political consultant, reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision in LEV v. State.