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Monday's Mini-Report
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/28/2008
Monday's Mini-Report
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MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * We've had some extraordinarily frustrating server problems today. We're aware of it, working on it, and apologize for the inconvenience. * Scary beyond words: "Federal agents have broken up a plot to...
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/28/2008
Monday's campaign round-up
— washingtonmonthly.com — MONDAY'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. (I'm running late because the server has been a mess this morning.) * If crowd ... (more) Monday's campaign round-up
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The Sideshow — ... is wrong and McCain will win means they fix the election knowing McCain is on his last legs and we'll have President Palin - and then she decides to duplicate her windfall profits tax for the whole country. Now that will be spreading the wealth to a far greater degree than anything Obama's been promising. How unfortunate that she's also freakin' nuts. Among other things.) As long as I'm over there, Steve Benen's Monday Campaign Round-up, and Monday's Mini-Report, which includes another reason not to vote straight-ticket in North ...

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