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Published 11/6/2008 by Alec MacGillis and Jon Cohen at Wash Post In Congress
After President Bush's reelection in 2004, top strategist Karl Rove proclaimed the arrival of a permanent Republican majority. Just four years later, the results from Sen. Barack Obama's definitive victory suggest that the opposite may be underway.
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