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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021099.php"  target="_blank">Friday\'s Mini-Report</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 05:30:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />FRIDAY\'S MINI-REPORT.... Today\'s edition of quick hits: * Still no word from Sens. Landrieu and Lincoln as to whether they\'d rather kill health care reform than let the Senate debate the bill. Landrieu said she\'d end the suspense in the...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021098.php"  target="_blank">Playing a game with ellipses</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 04:55:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />PLAYING A GAME WITH ELLIPSES.... Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.), who is considered a vulnerable House incumbent next year, voted against health care reform two weeks ago. She\'d been under fire from the National Republican Congressional Committee, and when push came...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021097.php"  target="_blank">Norah O\'Donnell\'s reasonable question</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 03:50:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />NORAH O\'DONNELL\'S REASONABLE QUESTION.... A clip made the rounds this week of MSNBC\'s Norah O\'Donnell appearing live in Michigan, at a bookstore where Sarah Palin fans had lined up to get their copy of \"Going Rogue\" signed. The video seems...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021096.php"  target="_blank">Trent Franks\' short memory</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />TRENT FRANKS\' SHORT MEMORY.... Six years ago this month, the floor of the U.S. House was the scene to one of the more embarrassing moments in the history of the institution. It was when the Republican majority brought Medicare Part...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021094.php"  target="_blank">Coburn\'s cravenness</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 02:00:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />COBURN\'S CRAVENNESS.... Sen. Tom Coburn, a right-wing Republican from Oklahoma, is apparently not above callous opportunism. He saw headlines about mammogram screening, headlines about a proposed tax on elective cosmetic surgery, and in his drive to kill health care reform,...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021092.php"  target="_blank">Cloture watch</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 01:30:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />CLOTURE WATCH.... Senate Democrats need 60 votes to bring health care reform to the floor for a debate. As of this morning, three Dems -- Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mary Landrieu (La.), and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) -- had not yet committed...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021090.php"  target="_blank">The dangers of illiteracy</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 01:05:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />THE DANGERS OF ILLITERACY.... OK, so most Americans have no idea what they\'re talking about when it comes to the deficit. How are they when it comes to understanding stimulus efforts? Arguably, on this, they\'re even worse. Rasmussen has a...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021089.php"  target="_blank">Jukebox John plays a new tune</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 12:35:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />JUKEBOX JOHN PLAYS A NEW TUNE.... Sens. John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman -- a tri-partisan group -- have been crafting a climate change bill that can generate broad support in the Senate. All three are personal friends with...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021088.php"  target="_blank">Friday\'s campaign round-up</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 12:00:00 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />FRIDAY\'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today\'s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn\'t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Doug Hoffman has once again lost the congressional special election in New York\'s 23rd....');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021087.php"  target="_blank">No appetite for procedural hurdles</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 11:05:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />NO APPETITE FOR PROCEDURAL HURDLES.... It\'s not especially realistic to think voters will appreciate the nuances of congressional procedures. Words like \"filibuster,\" \"cloture,\" and \"motion to proceed\" are not well understood. That said, when one breaks down the concepts for...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021086.php"  target="_blank">Take a bow</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 10:25:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />TAKE A BOW.... Fox News polls are notorious for asking nutty questions that mainstream outlets would be too embarrassed to consider, but the network\'s latest (pdf) survey only includes one oddity. \"When the president of the United States is traveling...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021085.php"  target="_blank">Heating up in the Sunshine State</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 09:45:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />HEATING UP IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.... In January, when it looked Florida Gov. Charlie Crist would face former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in a Republican Senate primary, a poll showed the governor with a commanding lead, 57% to 4%....');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021084.php"  target="_blank">When the majority is misguided</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 08:50:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />WHEN THE MAJORITY IS MISGUIDED.... A new CNN poll shows more Americans shifting their blame for the Republican recession away from the Republicans. As recently as May, 53% said Republicans are \"more responsible for the country\'s current economic problems,\" while...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021083.php"  target="_blank">They\'re not above lying</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 08:25:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />THEY\'RE NOT ABOVE LYING.... The Senate\'s health care reform plan is not without flaw. Indeed, the subsidy rates for low-income families remain a major point of concern. But true to form, Republicans don\'t want to talk about the legislation\'s actual...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021082.php"  target="_blank">Saturday night live in the Senate</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on November 20, 2009 08:00:00 am</span>');
document.write('<br />SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IN THE SENATE.... As of late yesterday, we have a reasonably strong sense of what to expect in the Senate with regards to the health care debate. We don\'t yet know how it\'s going to turn out,...');
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