Reaction Shot
The raucous, ribald peanut gallery at Obama's address to Congress.
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Do the ups and downs matter? Yes—for about five minutes. (Or, if you're Joe Wilson, until the next election day.) But for those five minutes, the outbursts, calculated or not, provide a brief glimpse into the opposition's psyche.
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