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5
William McGurn, «Harry Reid’s ‘Evil’ Moment», Wall Street Journal, Aug. 18, 2009.
6
Dana Milbank, «The High Ground Feels a Little Lonely», Washington Post, Sept. 16, 2009.
7
Rich Benjamin, «Inside the Mind of Joe Wilson», Salon.com, Sept. 11, 2009.
8
Greg Bluestein, «Carter Sees Racism in Wilson’s Outburst», New York Times, Sept. 16, 2009.
9
Ewen MacAskill, «Jimmy Carter: Animosity Towards Barack Obama Is Due to Racism», The Guardian, Sept. 16, 2009.
10
«MTV Awards: West Disrupts Swift’s Speech; Tribute to MJ», cnn.com, Sept. 14, 2009.
11
Ronald Brownstein, «The New Color Line», National Journal, Oct. 10, 2009.
12
«Vast Majority Believes America Today Is Deeply Divided (10/30–11/4)», USA Network Poll, Dec. 1, 2009.
13
Ross Douthat, «Scenes from a Marriage», New York Times, Jan. 16, 2011.
14
Ignatius, «An Old-School Trick».
15
Gus Lubin, «Jimmy Carter Says US Is More Polarized Now Than During Civil War», Business Insider, Sept. 21, 2010.
16
«Jerry Brown: California, Country Facing Regime Crisis Similar to the Civil War», CBS, April 10, 2011.
17
Fred Barnes, «The Republicans’ Best Weapon», Weekly Standard, Feb. 2, 2009.
18
«Obama: Critics Talk About Me ‘Like a Dog’», Daily Intel, New York magazine, Sept. 6, 2010.
19
Theodore Roosevelt, Before Knights of Columbus, New York City, Oct. 12, 1915, quoteland.com/author/Theodore-Roosevelt-Quotes/120/?p=2.
20
Charles K. Rowley, «Adam Smith Would Not Be Optimistic in Today’s Economic World», Daily Telegraph, Sept. 6, 2009.
21
Robert A. Pape, «First Draft of History: Empire Falls», National Interest, Jan./Feb. 2009, 21.
22
Leslie H. Gelb, «Necessity, Choice and Common Sense: A Policy for a Bewildering World», Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009, 56.
23
Ben Geman, «Obama Defends Escalation of Afghan War in Address to 2010 West Point Class», The Hill, May 22, 2010.
24
Michael Settle, «If Money Isn’t Loosened Up, This Sucker Is Going to Go Down», Herald Scotland, Dec. 30, 2009.
25
Lawrence Kudlow, «Bush Boom Continues», Human Events, Dec. 11, 2007.
26
«‘We’re Greece’ in a Few Years: Sen. Gregg», cnbc.com, Nov. 3, 2010.
27
David Malpass, «Near Zero Rates Are Hurting the Economy», Wall Street Journal, Dec. 4, 2009.
28
Gelb, «Necessity, Choice and Common Sense», 58.
29
Pape, «First Draft of History», 21.
30
Ibid., 27.
31
Neil Irwin, «Aughts Were a Lost Decade for U.S. Economy, Workers», Washington Post, Jan. 2, 2010.
32
Harold Meyerson, «Why Germany and China Are Winning», Washington Post, July 1, 2010.
33
Patrick J. Buchanan, «The Metrics of National Decline», Feb. 17, 2009, msnbc.com (Source: Charles W. McMillion, MBG Information Services).
34
«Fox News Poll: 57 % Think Next Generation Will Be Worse Off», foxnews.com, Apr. 9, 2010.
35
David M. Dickson, «Volcker Blames Recession on Trade Imbalances», Washington Times, Feb. 5, 2009.
36
Buchanan, «The Metrics of National Decline».
37
Mark Drajem, «China’s Trade Gap with U.S. Climbs to Record, Fueling Yuan Tension», bloomberg.com, Oct. 14, 2010.
38
Ibid.
39
Ibid.
40
«Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status: Fiscal Years 1820–2009», Department of Homeland Security, dhs.gov; «Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Gender, Age, Marital Status and Occupation: Fiscal Year 2009», Department of Homeland Security, dhs.gov.
41
«New Data Shows China Responsible for 78.5 Percent of U.S. Trade Deficit in Manufactured Goods in 2009; Figure Up from 27.3 Percent in 2001», press statement, American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, Washington, DC, Aug. 18, 2009.
42
Senator Fritz Hollings, «Fifth Column: The Enemy Within the Trade War», huffingtonpost.com, Oct. 16, 2009.
43
Charles W. McMillion, «Globalization and America’s Lost Decade», MBG Information Services, March 2010, 1, 40; «Lost Manufacturing Jobs in Decade», MBG Information Services, Jan. 2011, mbginfosvcs.com.
44
James R. Hagerty, «U.S. Factories Buck Decline», Wall Street Journal, Jan. 19, 2011.
45
Stephen Moore, «We’ve Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers», Wall Street Journal, Apr. 1, 2011.
46
Warren E. Buffett and Carol Loomis, «America’s Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out from Under Us. Here’s a Way to Fix the Problem and We Need to Do It Now», Fortune, Nov. 10, 2003, cnnmoney.com.
47
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