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It's just you, Democrats

Ezra Klein No one knows if this will pass right now. No one knows if it will die. The predictions of the players change hourly. But the facts are as they've always been. Democrats can pass this if they want to.

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Landrieu defends Medicaid deal

AP» Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the Senate health care bill.

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Liberals, brace yourselves

Charles Krauthammer » Clinging to Obama's agenda will march you over a cliff.

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Scott P. Brown (R)

In one of the more stunning upsets in recent political memory, Brown won the Jan. 19, 2009 special election to replace the late-Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D) to become heavily Democratic Massachusetts' first GOP senator since 1972.

 

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