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Sen. Reid's office says the Dems aren't going to try to seat Al Franken tomorrow....





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I've been mulling and snooping around to find out what prompted Sen. Dianne Feinstein's chilly statement about Obama's choice of Leon Panetta to run the CIA. LAT sheds more light. Seems like there could be a real fight over this...

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Al Franken declares victory:...

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From TPM Reader RW ... In regards to Obama's strategy re: tax cuts, the proper move is to offer a concession so as to split the GOP. If he is able to do that at the get-go, he'll log-roll them...

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Prosecutors say Bernie Madoff should be sent to the slammer without any chance of bail after they caught him trying to mail about $1 million worth of jewelry and other assets to relatives in violation of his bail....

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Seems that company tied up in the Richardson grand jury investigation doesn't exactly have a squeaky clean record....

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We're watching the Republican leadership's press conference on the Stimulus bill. I think I got about all I needed to know watching Mitch McConnell (R) talking and seeing a smirking Rep. Eric Cantor (R) hovering over his shoulder. McConnell's angle...

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From TPM Reader JZ (not that one) ... I thought I'd point something out about the tax cut that hasn't cropped up yet. Recall that Obama promised a tax cut for working-class and middle-class taxpayers during the campaign. It was...

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From TPM Reader JZ (not that one) ... I thought I'd point something out about the tax cut that hasn't cropped up yet. Recall that Obama promised a tax cut for working-class and middle-class taxpayers during the campaign. It was...

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Bill Richardson has some serious competition for worst press conference of the day, from none other than Roland Burris, who arranged to talk to reporters at Midway Airport in Chicago as he headed to Washington to try to take his...

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Bill Richardson has some serious competition for worst press conference of the day, from none other than Roland Burris, who arranged to talk to reporters at Midway Airport in Chicago as he headed to Washington to try to take his...

David Kurtz http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

That's what NBC is reporting. More soon. Late Update: NYT agrees. Later Update: More here....

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That's what NBC is reporting. More soon. Late Update: NYT agrees. Later Update: More here....

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Which was more damaging about Bill Richardson's press conference: his refusal to answer any questions or a national TV feed that looked like an undercover ABSCAM tape?...

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Which was more damaging about Bill Richardson's press conference: his refusal to answer any questions or a national TV feed that looked like an undercover ABSCAM tape?...

David Kurtz http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

Obama returned to the Hill today as President-elect: It's going to be a few months before I stop pinching myself and just accept that he really won....





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Obama returned to the Hill today as President-elect: It's going to be a few months before I stop pinching myself and just accept that he really won....





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As you'd expect, the Journal editorial page is already coming up with a string of bogus insinuations about the Minnesota recount, all suggesting that the process has somehow been rigged in favor of Al Franken or even that there's some...

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As you'd expect, the Journal editorial page is already coming up with a string of bogus insinuations about the Minnesota recount, all suggesting that the process has somehow been rigged in favor of Al Franken or even that there's some...

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