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I don’t remember exactly where I saw it, but I hadn’t known before that there’s another name for Nemesis: In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia (“the goddess of Rhamnous”) at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess: the goddess of revenge. The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νέμειν [némein], meaning “to give what is due”. Perhaps Obama should hesitate before invoking “Romnesia.” It has a similar ring, doesn’t it?

KATTY KAY, BBC: It's so far from what it was in 2008, right? When he was talking -- in this stage in the campaign two weeks before the election and he had all that momentum and he was talking about all the things that he was going to do in the country. And that was an agenda campaign. I mean, he was promising to change the way Washington works, to change the way politics works here. And now, I guess Chicago has said, 'Hey, we think this Romnesia idea is your ticket to reelection, Mr. President, in the last two...