Seldom is it this easy for The O'Toole File to knock down a silly idea.

Yesterday, Walter Shapiro suggested in Slate that the big losers under CFR will be political consultants. Just read this story in Political Professional News, and ask yourself whether the market for political professionals is really likely to contract as businesses large and small -- which have a lot more money to spend than your average political candidate -- begin to get even more deeply and directly involved in the political process.
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