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MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — MIDDAY ROUNDUP The impending fight in the House over control of a key committee chairmanship draws input from liberal bloggers today, while calls for the Republican Party to exorcise itself of the religious right is debated on the left and the right. Tomorrow’s showdown between Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.) for control of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is the first real test of the new Democratic majority, MyDD’s Jerome Armstrong writes, backing Waxman to assist climate change legislation. Waxman’s play is incredibly aggressive, but even if he does not win control of the committee, he may force Dingell to ...

So How’s That Center-Right Thing Doing?
Comments from Left Field — Two weeks after the election, Americans still don’t like the Republicans: The Republican Party’s image has gone from bad to worse over the past month, as only 34% of Americans in a Nov. 13-16 Gallup Poll say they have a favorable view of the party, down from 40% in mid-October. The 61% now holding an unfavorable view of the GOP is the highest Gallup has recorded for that party since the measure was established in 1992. Keep on pounding those traditional, evangelical, Christian right-wing values, guys. Clearly, it’s a winning strategy.