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| | The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Reid attributed the President’s declining popularity to bad news from Iraq, the investigation into whether his key political adviser, Karl Rove, leaked the name of an undercover C.I.A. agent, and his proposal, now faltering, to privatize part of Social Security. |
 | | Reid ran as a New Democrat, in a state that was tilting Republican. |
 | | Bush called Reid in Nevada, and, Reid recalled, “he said, ‘This is a new term for me. I’m not running for anything ever again and I want to work with you again.’ ” Reid was pleased, and reported the conversation to his staff. |
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