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Bigger than Barack
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/10/2008
Bigger than Barack
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Did progressives get a mandate from last week's election? Lots of people would like to claim that they didn't - that we're still a "center-right nation." And one of the assertions you hear to back that claim is that Obama's victory wasn't matched by down-ticket Democratic success. Except it's ...
nakedcapitalism.com - 11/8/2008
The Black Hole Gets Bigger: AIG Back for Yet Another Bailout
— nakedcapitalism.com — The Financial Times reports that AIG is up to its old tricks, back again to the trough... for more money. Christmas The Iceland credit default swaps settlement is coming soon, you know. The worst is that AIG is pretending to act as if this is a ... (more) The Black Hole Gets Bigger: AIG Back for Yet Another ...

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Democrats head for bigger House majority
msnbc.msn.com - 11/5/2008
Democrats head for bigger House majority
— msnbc.msn.com — Democrats sought to pad their majority power in the House of Representatives at the polls Tuesday and... are counting on heavy turnouts to capture more than 20 GOP seats. (more) Democrats head for bigger House majority

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opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/10/2008
A Bigger Bailout
— opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com — The government deems its $123 billion bailout of AIG too modest.... (more) A Bigger Bailout
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Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... " and has to be cut significantly. * Interesting statistical tidbit : "The Dem share of the House vote ... was higher than Obama's share of the Prez vote." * Can you imagine how bad an American newspaper would have to be to ...

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