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            <title><![CDATA[The Republican Holding Government Hostage]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Senator Richard Shelby's threat to block all of Obama's nominees is unprecedented obstructionism. Benjamin Sarlin on the new poster child of the dysfunctional Congress.
UPDATE: Talking Points Memo notes that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid once...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina's Demon Sheep]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The California Senate candidate's new Web video-portraying her primary rival as a demonic sheep-has gone viral, and been viciously mocked. Benjamin Sarlin talks to Fiorina's camp about the response. 
Candidates take all sorts of abuse in campaign ads,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buck Up, Democrats]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  A spate of House retirements in the South is casting a pall over Dems' 2010 chances. But the situation may not be as bad as it looks. Benjamin Sarlin looks at how the races are shaping up.
Retirements are rarely good news for a party's chances in...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Can't the Right Break the News?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  James O'Keefe, creator of the Acorn pimp video, is under arrest for allegedly plotting to bug a senator's phone. Benjamin Sarlin on the lame track record of the right's Bob Woodward wannabes.
James O'Keefe, a blogger for Andrew Breitbart's Big...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin-Brown 2012?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The buzz about Scott Brown's 2012 veep prospects began within hours of his stunning Senate win. But Glenn Beck and other right-wing kingmakers say he's not ready for prime time.
Scott Brown's shocking Massachusetts win immediately makes him the most...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Democrats' Doomsday Health Plans]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Democrats were inches away from the health-care finish line until Scott Brown's Election Day upset. Benjamin Sarlin lays out their remaining options-from getting the House to pass the Senate bill to ramming through the bill through using...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Clinton to the Rescue]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Haitian earthquake has put Bill Clinton squarely back on the world stage. And this mission is personal.
Last May, when the United Nations dispatched Bill Clinton to Haiti, it felt as if Clinton was slinking off the world stage. That changed...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harold Ford's Money Mountain]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA["It's true," says Harold Ford Jr. in Tuesday's New York Post: He's eyeing a primary run against New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, despite White House opposition. Benjamin Sarlin on his money challenge. 
Harold Ford Jr. faces several obstacles in...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iraqis, Afghans Slam Airport Crackdown]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama's call for tighter security on travelers from 14 countries is unfair and won't make Americans any safer, Iraqi and Afghan diplomats in Washington tell The Daily Beast's Benjamin Sarlin.
President Obama's strict new security guidelines for air...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Star Wars YouTube Battle]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ A 70-minute-long, manic, brutally critical review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace has become an improbable YouTube sensation. Benjamin Sarlin talks to the film's creator. 
While Avatar may represent the future of filmmaking, a current Star...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Would Health Care Affect You?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Say health-care reform is signed into law. Once the major provisions are in place, by 2015, the health-care system will change significantly. Benjamin Sarlin on the new world order. 
It's the year 2015 and the health-care bill passed by the Senate and...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Chilly Republican Welcome]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ No sooner had freshman Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith signaled plans to switch parties than influential conservatives began calling for his ouster. Benjamin Sarlin on the GOP's small-tent crowd.
A conservative Alabama Democratic congressman, Rep....]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Man Cheering Obama's Health-Care Woes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The left's anger over the public option and the anti-Obama revolt is long overdue, says Ralph Nader. Benjamin Sarlin talks to the self-professed "pioneer" of the current progressive rage. 
Democrats are steaming over the White House's capitulation to...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Muslim-Bashing Campaign for Congress]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Minnesota attorney is using virulent attacks on Islam in an attempt to unseat one of just two Muslims in Congress. Benjamin Sarlin talks to Rep. Keith Ellison and his challenger about a campaign that's raising eyebrows.
As America's first Muslim...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How He Became a Holdout]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  On Al Gore's ticket, Joe Lieberman campaigned for a Medicare buy-in. Now he could derail the health-care bill to get rid of it. His message maker explains the aboutface.
Charged with changing his position on the Medicare buy-in at the heart of the...]]></description>
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