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      <excerpt>...bit messier. Just as the amorphous antiwar, anti-Bush tides of '06 and '08 gave us liberal icons like Heath Shuler and Parker Griffith, no GOP wave will be complete without a new class of moderates to go along with&#160;Marco Rubio and Rand Paul. Tim Murphy</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> By From The Huntsville Times WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Parker Griffith spoke yesterday to the House of Representatives about President Barack Obama&amp;#39;s ... </excerpt>
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