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June 20, 2009
Gail Collins: A Nation of Candidates
By Sheila Samples
The Republican Party has finally turned into a big tent. Everybody's a presidential contender! Being a Republican senator is pretty much an automatic qualification. After all, there are only 40 of them. Once you've eliminated the ones with sex scandals and the guy from Kentucky who uses a teleprompter in debates, there's hardly enough left to fill up a stage at the Iowa State Fair.
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The Republican Party has finally turned into a big tent. Everybody's a presidential contender! Being a Republican senator is pretty much an automatic qualification. After all, there are only 40 of them. Once you've eliminated the ones with sex scandals and the guy from Kentucky who uses a teleprompter in debates, there's hardly enough left to fill up a stage at the Iowa State Fair.Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.