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The paper also states that President Clinton, who "grew up with the comedy and singing team of 'Sonny and Cher'," credited Bono with an "astute perspective."
Legal analysts called the selection astute , saying Posner's sterling reputation and conservative credentials would increase the chances of settlement and decrease the likelihood that a resolution would be overturned on appeal.
Noting the similarities, one astute fraygrant suggested restricting more civilized, high-minded debate to "Politics" and reserving "Clinton" for equally important venal, mean-spirited exchanges.
The Times piece also includes the sounds-pretty-right assessment of that astute political commentator, Hulk Hogan: "Jesse's victory proves that people want a real man in power to lead, not a play plastic puppet like other politicians."
I suspect that spending many hours getting Reagan to talk about the past (which he is astute enough to realize does not mean much to Reagan except as the source of well-worn anecdotes) must have given him an exaggerated sense of Reagan's detachment from any engagement with the present.