[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/20/11
Steve Hoersting
hoersting at gmail.com
Tue Dec 20 10:00:37 PST 2011
Really, Rick: it was an extemporaneous comment on ancillary interview
topic.
I suppose Romney might have used the word "irrelevant" if he spoke on
campaign finance issues as often as you do -- to take away the possibility
of conveying that he advocates legal methods for "get[ting] rid" of
SuperPACs, after the Supreme Court and DC Circuit have settled the matter.
I suppose...
But, really, I see no evidence that the Romney campaign has any intent to
secure the Republican nomination by pledging to reintroduce
McCain-Feingold, or to join Jamin Raskin in altering the First Amendment.
Steve
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
> That would be "let's make these Super PACs irrelevant," not "let's get
> rid of the Super PACs", no?
>
>
>
> On 12/20/2011 9:36 AM, Steve Hoersting wrote:
>
> There's no better compliance shop than Patton Boggs; Romney's long-serving
> campaign counsel. And Jim Bopp was a policy adviser on the 2008 campaign,
> if memory serves, as was my colleague Brad Smith.
>
> I haven't seen the whole snippet, either. What Romney said for sure is
> Lift the restrictions on campaigns and get rid of these SuperPACs.
>
> My post told you what are those restrictions on campaigns: the soft money
> ban and low contribution limits. There is no dispute there.
>
> As to the "get rid of these SuperPACs," even I can tell you, having
> counseled party committees and litigated for would-be SuperPACs, that if
> the party committee soft-money ban were repealed SuperPACs would almost
> certainly see a decrease in funding.
>
> Best, Rick,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>> Who has advised Romney over the years on campaign finance?
>> Also, I did not see the entire Romney interview, just the snippet in the
>> Politico link. From that snippet, it did not sound like he was talking
>> about getting rid of the soft money ban. He said he wanted to "get rid" of
>> super pacs. So if you have a longer transcript or snippet to show how in
>> context "getting rid" of Super PACS does not mean getting rid of them, I'd
>> like to see it.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On 12/20/2011 9:21 AM, Steve Hoersting wrote:
>>
>> If you look at who has advised Romney over the years on campaign finance,
>> and listen again to the Morning Joe interview, you have to know Romney
>> means that the soft-money ban on party committees and restrictions on
>> campaign committees are the problems in campaign finance. And if I'm
>> reading his take correctly, he's right: the soft money ban should be
>> lifted, and contribution limits to candidates increased.
>>
>> A lot of good people have done a lot of good work to bring forth the
>> Super PAC (if I do say so myself) -- which is to say, have partially
>> restored the First Amendment. Of the dozens who've spent years working on
>> it, I don't know a one who would keep the party committee soft-money ban.
>>
>> Romney's "Get rid of these SuperPACs," which actually was "*and* get rid
>> of these SuperPACs," has to be understood in context. The big cycles of
>> McCain-Feingold were 2006 ... and 2008. Who thinks this is lost on Romney?
>>
>> Romney must also understands that, as the soft money ban and low limit to
>> campaign committees remains, it will only be SuperPACs that can save him
>> from a media megaphone going all all-out to tout his opponent, directly or
>> impliedly. Indeed, those who doubt this should watch Romney presenting
>> Letterman's (writers') Top Ten list. The host could barely let his guest
>> finish the bit without taking the liberty of making editorial comments
>> surely no one expected from the writers.
>>
>> Happy Holidays all,
>>
>> Steve Hoersting
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> “69% Say Photo ID Voting Laws Are Not Discriminatory”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26815>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:47 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26815>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> New<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2011/69_say_photo_id_voting_laws_are_not_discriminatory>Rasmussen poll.
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>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>> voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9> | Comments Off
>>> “Americans Elect wins third-party spot on California ballot”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26811>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:44 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26811>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> The *LA Times *offers this report<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-california-americans-elect-20111220,0,4555258.story>.
>>> A snippet about the group’s refusal to disclose its donors: “Sragow said
>>> some donors prefer anonymity because they fear retribution for trying to
>>> ‘open the doors to the political process.’” As I’ve explained, the
>>> retribution argument used by Americans Elect is laughable<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67965.html>
>>> .
>>> [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D26811&title=%E2%80%9CAmericans%20Elect%20wins%20third-party%20spot%20on%20California%20ballot%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, third
>>> parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47> | Comments Off
>>> “FEC Republicans’ Statement on Merkley Ads Highlights Unanimous Vote
>>> on Coordination” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26808>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:41 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26808>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> BNA<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=23887584&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=23887584&jd=a0d0a7h9h2&split=0>:
>>> “The Federal Election Commission’s three Republican commissioners have
>>> released a new statement<http://eqs.nictusa.com/eqsdocsMUR/11044310145.pdf>on a two-year-old enforcement case regarding political advertising that
>>> featured Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)….Though the Merkley case itself is
>>> history, the new statement about it highlights a key issue that the FEC
>>> continues to grapple with: the circumstances in which political ads are
>>> considered independent of a candidate’s campaign. The FEC commissioners
>>> deadlocked along party lines on the same issue in a vote at the
>>> commission’s Dec. 1 meeting. The vote came on an advisory opinion (AO
>>> 2011-23) requested by American Crossroads (3152 Money & Politics
>>> Report, 12/2/11<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?fedfid=23887584&fname=a0c9v9f9p0&vname=mpebulallissues>
>>> ).”
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>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Romney: ‘Get rid of these super PACs’”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26805>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:38 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26805>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> I’d love to know more<http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2011/12/romney-get-rid-of-these-super-pacs-108150.html>from Mitt Romney as to how he’d like to “get rid” of Super-PACs. Does
>>> anyone know if he has any position papers or statements on campaign finance
>>> reform?
>>>
>>> UPDATE: Here<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2011/69_say_photo_id_voting_laws_are_not_discriminatory>‘s
>>> a 94 video with Romney showing strong support for campaign finance reform.
>>> He advocates campaign spending limits, and wants to abolish PACs.
>>>
>>> But his position today is unclear<http://campaignmoney.org/blog/2011/12/20/watchdog-group-calls-romney-clarify-position-money-politics>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Gableman voted with law firm after receiving free legal services; He
>>> cast key vote in collective bargaining case”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26802>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:29 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26802>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> The hits just keep on coming<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/gableman-voted-with-law-firm-after-receiving-free-legal-services-o53gc01-135904063.html>at the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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>>> Posted in conflict of interest laws<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>,
>>> ethics investigations <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “R.I. Rep. Cicilline gets help in contentious redistricting battle”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26799>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:26 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26799>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> The Fix reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/ri-rep-cicilline-gets-help-in-contentious-redistricting-battle/2011/12/19/gIQAEWwz6O_blog.html>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Lobbying Your True Love: The True Cost of Twelve Days of Christmas,
>>> 2011 Edition” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26797>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:26 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26797>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> The Open Secrets Blog reports<http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/12/lobbying-your-true-love-christmas-2011.html>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in election law "humor" <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>,
>>> lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28> | Comments Off
>>> “Iowa GOP worried by hacker threat to caucus vote”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26794>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:17 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26794>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> AP reports<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IOWA_CAUCUSES_HACKING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-19-18-28-32>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in voting technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Avoiding the Florida Nightmare in 2012″<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26792>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:15 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26792>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Sundeep Iyer and Lawrence Norden have written this *Roll Call *oped<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_77/sundeep_iyer_lawrence_norden_avoiding_florida_vote_nightmare_2012-211184-1.html?pos=oopih>.
>>> It concludes: “The Help America Vote Act was an important opening salvo in
>>> the effort to prevent lost votes. But now is not the time to be complacent
>>> about that accomplishment. We must be cognizant of how recent voting
>>> changes might lead to lost votes, and we must take all feasible steps to
>>> ensure that every vote counts in 2012.”
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>>> Posted in voting technology <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> Why Tuesday? Talks To Republican Candidates in Iowa<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26790>
>>> Posted on December 20, 2011 8:13 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26790>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Jacob Soboroff<http://www.whytuesday.org/2011/12/20/why-tues-ask-the-candidates/>:
>>> “Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum don’t know why we vote on Tuesday. Mitt
>>> Romney thinks good candidates will increase voter turnout. And Michele
>>> Bachmann stands on an apple box when speaking at the podium. Those are a
>>> few things I learned after three days on the ground in Iowa, home of our
>>> first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucuses.”
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>>> Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31> | Comments Off
>>> “The Texas Redistricting Case and the Likely Continued Erosion of the
>>> Section 5 Process” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26786>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 3:24 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26786>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Mike Pitts offers some insightful analysis<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2011/12/the-texas-redistricting-case-and-the-likely-continued-erosion-of-the-section-5-process.html>
>>> .
>>> [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D26786&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Texas%20Redistricting%20Case%20and%20the%20Likely%20Continued%20Erosion%20of%20the%20Section%205%20Process%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
>>> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
>>> “From Citizenship to Voting: Improving Registration for New Americans”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26784>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 3:23 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26784>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> New Demos publication<http://www.demos.org/publication/citizenship-voting-improving-registration-new-americans>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Wager on Elections? You Bet” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26781>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 2:23 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26781>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> *Politico* reports<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70624.html#.Tu-2OFL0lZE.twitter>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> If You Wanted to Draft a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn
>>> Citizens United, What Would It Look Like?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26778>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 2:00 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26778>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> 12 questions<http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011125119/how-choose-so-many-constitutional-amendments>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Judge refuses to dismiss charges against White”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26776>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 1:59 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26776>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> AP<http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=indystar&sParam=38177659.story>:
>>> “A judge on Monday denied Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White’s bid to
>>> avoid a trial on voter fraud and other criminal charges that could lead to
>>> his removal from office.”
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>>> Posted in SOS White <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=13> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Walker says lawsuit will protect integrity of recall process”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26772>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 1:56 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26772>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> The latest <http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/135868053.html> from
>>> Wisconsin.
>>> [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D26772&title=%E2%80%9CWalker%20says%20lawsuit%20will%20protect%20integrity%20of%20recall%20process%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>> Posted in direct democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>, recall
>>> elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11> | Comments Off
>>> Will President Obama Make A Recess Appointment of Cordray (and
>>> Others?) After All? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26770>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 1:55 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26770>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> It <http://t.co/LjPWmEER> may<http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1211/echoes_of_tr_17634fb9-21bd-49a0-a20e-0294c2165210.html>
>>> happen<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204058404577106872046993652.html>.
>>> Maybe some judges in there too? So what’s the downside for President
>>> Obama? *More* partisan divide in the Senate?
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>>> Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
>>> | Comments Off
>>> “Candidate Venture Capital” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26767>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 12:54 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26767>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Tom Donnelly has posted this draft<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1935376>on SSRN (
>>> *University of Cincinnati Law Review*). Here is the abstract:
>>>
>>> Candidate venture capital contributions are large donations given to
>>> candidates near the beginning of campaigns in order to provide them with
>>> sufficient resources to test their ideas in the campaign marketplace. These
>>> contributions can take the form of either large private donations or public
>>> grants. Although election law scholars and political scientists disagree a
>>> great deal over the aggregate effects of money in politics (and the utility
>>> of various reform proposals), they generally agree that early money is
>>> particularly valuable to political newcomers — especially when challenging
>>> incumbents. While both campaign finance reformers and anti-reformers often
>>> pay lip service to the value of early campaign cash, both sides usually
>>> offer prescriptions that deal with campaign contributions in an
>>> undifferentiated manner. This Article offers a different approach, focusing
>>> exclusively on how our campaign finance system might be altered to promote
>>> the value of early campaign cash in its own right. Rather than seeking
>>> undifferentiated contribution limits (like the typical reformer) or the
>>> complete deregulation of private contributions (like the typical
>>> anti-reformer), this Article suggests that policymakers might instead
>>> tailor campaign finance regulations to reflect the changing value of
>>> campaign cash over the course of the typical election cycle. Central to
>>> such an approach is a campaign finance system that increases the overall
>>> flow of candidate venture capital. In the end, this Article is an attempt
>>> to place the element of time at the center of the debate over campaign
>>> finance.
>>>
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>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “What are the people behind Americans Elect thinking?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26765>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 12:52 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26765>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> Sandy Levinson blogs<http://balkin.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-are-people-behind-america-elects.html>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in third parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Gingrich’s sale of mailing list unlawful, watchdog group charges”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26762>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 12:20 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26762>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> *WaPo* reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gingrichs-sale-of-mailing-list-unlawful-watchdog-group-charges/2011/12/19/gIQArh3s4O_story.html>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> What Can the EAC Do Without a Quorum of Commisioners?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26759>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 12:17 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26759>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> The EAC blog explains<http://www.eac.gov/blogs/work_continues_at_the_eac/>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>>> Election Assistance Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34> | Comments
>>> Off
>>> “Super PACs: How We Got Here, Where We Need to Go”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26757>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 12:16 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26757>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> A Trevor Potter speech<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=444:super-pacs-how-we-got-here-where-we-need-to-go>
>>> .
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>>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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>>> “A Partisan Lightning Rod is Undeterred”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26755>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 10:00 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26755>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> *NYT *must-read interview<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/us/politics/under-partisan-fire-eric-holder-soldiers-on.html?_r=1&ref=politics>with AG Eric Holder, just before his voting right speech at the LBJ library.
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>>> Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26> | Comments
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>>> “RNC Moves Voter Data Outside to Compete With Democrats”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26753>
>>> Posted on December 19, 2011 9:47 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=26753>
>>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>
>>> ClickZ reports
>>> <http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2133246/rnc-moves-voter-outside-compete-democrats>(via
>>> Bob Biersack<https://twitter.com/#%21/rbiersack/status/148820461789253632>
>>> ).
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