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But that, of course, is the real and present issue that neither congressional party addressed, transfixed as they and the media are by the fantasy budgets offered on the campaign trail by their respective standard-bearers.
Despite being dissed and then shot down by such standard-bearers as the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , and the Washington Post , the Mercury News allegations spread like cocaine had in the 1980s, causing national leaders to scurry around with concern.