"suck the oxygen out"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Latest shortening:  a CNN person says that Gov. Romney's offer to Gov.
Perry of a ten-grand bet "has sucked up the oxygen."  Period.

In other words, it's attracted all the attention of pundits.


JL


On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> "Herman Cain is sucking the oxygen out of the GOP race."
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> They asked for it. They could have left well-enough alone.
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