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That reminds me, a propos

That reminds me, a propos of absolutely nothing, that when the Republicans took the House in '94, apparently that gave the residents of the previous speaker's district quite a shock. Someone was telling me at dinner that a poll revealed that a majority of the people in his district thought that whoever they elected automatically because Speaker of the House. I don't know if it's true -- but I find it frightening that I don't have any difficulty at all believing that it could be true.