There's no question that we have to change the subject here.

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Rather than risk looking self-promotional, we downplay our work, change the subject, or put others in the spotlight in our place.

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So I suspect that at some point in the not too distant future, we'll see him and his aides trying to change the subject on to something - away from the Clintons on to something more Obama-specific.

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And we knew that there would be powerful voices that would do everything they could to run out the clock, change the subject, ignore the majority of the American people.

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