OnBackground

Welcome to OnBackground, the sporadic insights of one individual on the great sausage machine that is US policymaking and the maelstrom of politics, government, interest groups and the media that surround it.

The editor, a DC-based analyst and communications consultant with experience in campaigns, Congress, and interest groups, can be contacted via on_background@yahoo.com.

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