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Michael Crowley/
November 3, 2008

Why Is Mark Salter Smiling?

Has he really seen some good internal polls? Or is he just sleep-deprived, slap-happy, and wired like a maniac on "eight cups of coffee and a half a pack of cigarettes." (Nothing wrong with that, by the way....)

--Michael Crowley

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