ombre of pinks, oranges, yellows, and blues, and the girls’ room was illuminated with the colorful light. One of the girls climbed out of a twin bed pushed against the wall and woke up her sister. Both girls grabbed hands and smiled. Today was their 5th birthday.
Although the twins looked the same–light brownish-gold hair that went a little past their shoulders, emerald green eyes, and a short, thin frame–they already had different interests. But that didn’t matter to them. Hand-in-hand, the girls opened the door, ready to celebrate their big day with giggles, smiles, happiness, and most importantly, each other.

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8 years later (November)…

✿ Skye ✿
“Skye Myles competing now on the uneven bars,” booms a loud announcer voice.
I take a deep breath and the dusty smell of chalk fillsThe postmortems blaming Mitt Romney's election loss, at least in part, on his campaign's digital incompetence began before the candidate had even made his concession speech. In that respect, Robert Draper's loooooooooong read in the New York Times Magazine, "Can the Republicans Be Saved From Obsolescence?" doesn't tell us much that is particularly new on the how-Obama-did-it technology front. Alexis Madrigal had this story first, and best.

But there are some interesting quotes from conservatives in the piece framing GOP woes as a case in which Democrats are behaving more in accord with the principles of the "free market" than Republicans that deserve closer examination. They offer some illumination, but don't quite capture the whole picture of what's going on.

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Patrick Ruffini, up-and-coming GOP strategist, attends RootsCamp, watches Democratic organizers