Both the left and right agree that 2011 was a year for drawing lines, for setting forth distinct positions and, ultimately, for gridlock. The latter is inevitable when the two major parties have fundamentally different assessments of the role of government, the requirements for a job-creating economy and even the meaning of ?equality.?
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The Reliable Source is on vacation until the new year. (Please enjoy our Reliable Source Person of the Year and other highlights of 2011.) Names and Faces is the column that runs in its space in the Style section.
John Legend is off the market, his publicist announced Tuesday. The singer proposed to his girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, recently in the Maldives. No further details were available.
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A week ago I wrote about 10 factors to watch in Iowa. Although the first of these, the Des Moines Register poll, will not be revealed until the weekend, the other nine do tell us about the direction of the race.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has not endorsed, which is one of many disappointing bits of bad news for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who is one of his closet allies in the House. He?s been saying some nice things about Rick Santorum. (?I think he?s built the best face-to-face, hand-to-hand personal network in the state, and we?ll see if Iowans reward him for that. I expect they will.?) And he?s been highly critical on Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) (?I don?t think that the Paul supporters have really stepped back and thought about what would happen if Ron Paul were operating out of the Oval Office and the commander-in-chief of our armed forces.?) He?s also said he wouldn?t lose sleep over a Mitt Romney nomination. That sounds more like a political analyst than someone getting ready to endorse a contender.
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