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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rand Paul ? The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan spending bill Friday morning  but not before the federal government shut down when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delayed the vote past midnight to complain about the budget deficit. It was the second government shutdown in less than three weeks.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Feb. 8 spoke on the Senate floor against a bipartisan budget deal and delayed a vote on the measure. (U.S. Senate)
Then  as an expected vote approached in the Senate   Paul  began to throw up roadblocks  demanding a vote on  his  amendment that would demonstrate how the two-year budget deal breaks past pledges to rein in federal spending.
GOP leaders refused to allow  him  to offer the amendment  arguing that if  Paul  got an amendment vote  many other senators might want one  too.  Paul   in turn  refused to allow the vote to go forward  making use of Senate rules that allow individual senators to slow down proceedings that require the consent of all.
“I can’t in all good honesty  in all good faith  just look the other way because my party is now complicit in the deficits ”  Paul  said on the Senate floor as evening pushed into night.
 Paul  objected after a visibly irritated McConnell tried to move to a vote. Then  Paul  launched into a lengthy floor speech deriding bipartisan complicity on deficit spending while the country goes “on and on and on  finding new wars to fight that make no sense.” The senator direly predicted a “day of reckoning ” possibly in the form of the collapse of the stock market.
As the hours ticked on   Paul  repeatedly refused to consent to allowing the vote to happen  as lawmakers and aides of both parties grew increasingly annoyed at  him . Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.)  leaving the floor after an unsuccessful attempt to curtail  Paul ’s standoff  called the gambit “grossly irresponsible” and said that leaders would not entertain  his  demand for a vote.
Senators of both parties were left fuming  with most of their ire directed toward  Paul .
“ He  has mastered the art of ticking off  his  colleagues ” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.).
“It’s a colossal waste of everybody’s time ” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). Of  Paul   Thune said  “He never gets a result.”
 Paul himself  made no apologies as  he  delivered one floor speech after another  casting  himself  as a lone defender of fiscal austerity  despite having voted in December for a tax bill that added at least $1 trillion to the debt.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rex Ryan Monday ? FOXBOROUGH  Mass. - In one sentence  Rex Ryan managed to compliment and challenge Bill Belichick at the same time.
 The achievement is no surprise  considering the New York Jets coach can create headlines just by speaking. While his most recent comments about Belichick may have raised some eyebrows  they didn't shock the Patriots coach.
 Last year  Ryan said he didn't plan to kiss Belichick's rings  and Newsday's Bob Glauber asked Ryan Monday if he had backed off since making the statement last year. Ryan gave an honest response.
 "I just told the truth " Ryan said. "I came here to win. As much as I respect and admire Bill Belichick  I came here to kick his ass  and that's the truth. That's just the way it is."
 The coaches may have different approaches  but they continue to publicly praise each other. While Ryan is focused on beating Belichick  he went on to talk about his respect for Belichick.
 "I came here to beat him  and I'm never going to backtrack on that " Ryan said. "I do respect him and all that  absolutely. But he's the one to beat.
 "I recognize that he's the best coach in football  and he still is. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to go beat him  because you're darn right I'm trying to beat him  without question. He's going to get my best."
 Belichick also had praise for what Ryan has accomplished.
 "I think he's an excellent coach " Belichick said. "He did a great job at Baltimore  whether it says defensive line coach or defensive coordinator down there.
 "He's doing the same thing with the Jets. Took them to the AFC Championship game last year. Got a great record this year.
 "So he's a good football coach. His teams play hard. They're obviously well-coached. They handle pressure. They play with a lot of confidence. He's done an excellent job."

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Bob Woodward ? âHe sees himself as a strong man  or wants to see himself as a strong man â Bernstein â who broke the Watergate scandal for  The Washington Post with Bob Woodward â  told the crowd at Northeastern Illinois University on Thursday night.
 Woodward  wasnât much kinder  describing as âShakespeareanâ an encounter  he  had with Trump in which Trump rejected former President Barack Obamaâs praise of American humility and restraint in the exercise of power and told Woodward  âReal power comes from fear.â
âIn a sense  thatâs the Trump âRosebud â â  Woodward  added  alluding to a plot element in the film âCitizen Kane.â
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. But Bernstein  73  and Woodward  74  sparred agreeably onstage like an old married couple. When Bernsteinâs exuberant arm gestures left his handheld microphone out of range   Woodward  scolded him  âHold the microphone steady!â
And when Bernstein admitted to recently rereading sections of âAll The Presidentâs Men â their best-selling book about Watergate   Woodward  told him  âThis is like Gloria Swanson â referring to the role Swanson played in âSunset Boulevardâ of an embittered old Hollywood star who dreams of a return to her glory years.

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Neutral