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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jeff Flake ? The Washington Post praised Sen. Jeff Flake R-Ariz.  for speaking out against President Donald Trump  but questioned why GOP leaders and most of his colleagues were remaining silent.
In an editorial  the Posted noted:  "Sen. Jeff Flake an Arizona Republican   delivered an address to the U.S. Senate Tuesday that was profoundly eloquent in its diagnosis of the degradation that President Trump has brought to American politics.
It noted Sen. Bob Corker  R-Tenn.  who like  Flake  is not running for re-election  has joined  him  in speaking up.
"A few others have shown some courage at times:  Mr. Flake 's fellow Arizonan  the indomitable John McCain; the independent-minded Susan Collins of Maine; Alaska's Lisa Murkowski " the newspaper said. "But given that  Mr. Flake 's fellow Republicans privately agree with much of what he had to say  the silence from his leaders and most of his colleagues is overpowering."

Answer: Positive


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 Lowell Hawthorne ? NEW YORK (AP)  â Lowell Hawthorne   the founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill  has died in New York City. He was 57.
The city's medical examiner's said  Hawthorne  shot himself in the head at his Bronx factory on Saturday.
 Hawthorne  started the successful Caribbean fast food chain in 1989 by selling Jamaican beef patties  jerk chicken and breads.  He  built the business into a national franchise with more than 120 restaurants in nine states.
 Hawthorne  once appeared in an episode of CBS' "Undercover Boss." At the time of  his  death  his  company was planning on building a new $37 million headquarters in Rockland County.
" He  was a nice boss  a wonderful guy " longtime employee Everald Woods told the Daily News. " He 's the kind of guy you want to work for for that long.  He  takes care of  his  employees."

Answer:
Neutral