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Well, ambitious departments are in more or less the same position as producers of action films who, having been unable to find bankable new stars, are still bidding against each other for the services of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bruce Willis.
Mickey can't quit without throwing away $9; instead he takes the far more sensible route of bidding $11 to get $20.
And the WP and NYT report that the People for the American Way has announced a $5 million campaign to unseat Republicans who, in the group's words "did the bidding of the party's highly vocal and organized far right faction."
Chris Cox--who also considered bidding for speaker--as "arrogant and cold."
So, why do I repeatedly find myself bidding furiously in the last five minutes of an auction and submitting three different bids in succession when one should suffice?