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    On May 8, I again saw language that made me wonder about unconscious biases. This time, a McClatchy Newspapers article repeated the often-cited fact that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won less than 10 percent of the "black vote" in Indiana and North Carolina. Yet all media reports I have seen or heard refer to her base of support as "young, less educated, white males."
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    In a recent interview on ABC, Vice President Dick Cheney was presented with the fact that two-thirds of Americans think the Iraq war is not worth fighting. Cheney responded, "So?"
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    At least one position in House Democratic leadership will be open next year. In a Tuesday e-mail copied to other leadership members, Majority Whip Rob Wilkey rather scathingly criticized the way the chamber's Democratic leaders handled this year's General Assembly session, accused them of failing to support Gov. Steve Beshear and announced his intention to leave the legislature at the end of the year.
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