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House Republicans turned the groundswell of emotion loosed by abused taxpayers at hearings last month into votes for such ideas as putting the burden of proof on the agency in tax disputes and establishing an independent, largely civilian, control and review board.
I do think Hillary will run, short of some major negative groundswell, which I don't detect so far.
Similarly, the cover editorial attributes the election results to a groundswell of American moderatism: Most people are happy, so why vote for radical changes?
At the special staff meeting called to discuss the issue of who should bare all for the good of the magazine, there was a groundswell of support for calling upon the CEO of Microsoft--but no one volunteered to make the call.
I will try to start this groundswell for John McCain on Monday.