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   Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gnter Grass still thinks reunification was a bad idea.
 Forty years of writing from Taylor Branch, James Fallows, Katherine Boo, Marjorie Williams, Joshua Micah Marshall, and more.
 With help from Washington, the for-profit college industry is loading up millions of low-income students with debt they'll never pay off.
 The best recent memoir from republican Washington is a hoax. That should tell you something.
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February 4, 2009
WEDNESDAY'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. * New Hampshire's Bonnie Newman (R), who will be Judd Gregg's successor in the Senate, will not seek a full term in 2010. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D) said yesterday, "Bonnie has assured me she will not run in 2010, and she will not endorse any candidates in 2010." * On a related note, Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) is expected to launch his campaign for the Senate this week. * Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) will seek re-election in 2010, but has begun telling state political leaders that he will challenge Joe Lieberman in 2012. * I've pretty much given up trying to follow the developments in Norm Coleman's lawsuit in Minnesota, but Eric Kleefeld has the latest. * A Quinnipiac poll in New Jersey shows Gov. Jon Corzine (D) trailing his likely Republican opponent, former U.S. attorney Chris Christie, 44% to 38%. * Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) is stepping down from his post so he can focus exclusively on his gubernatorial campaign. State Rep. Brian Moran (D) recently did the same thing. * Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) wants to see Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher as the Democrats' Senate nominee next year, instead of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. "I believe Lee would be the strongest candidate if he were to choose to run," Strickland said. "I don't say that to disparage Jennifer. She would be a very strong and credible candidate." * On a related note, a new poll shows both Fisher and Brunner leading the likely Republican candidate in Ohio, former Bush administration official Rob Portman. * Despite rumors to the contrary, Rep. Jo Bonner (R) announced yesterday that he will not run for governor in Alabama next year. * Barbara Comstock, known for her work as a right-wing smear artist, is running for the Virginia House of Delegates. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (3)Comments
A posting right now on Political Carnival, which everyone should read, is simply outrageous, it concerns a remark made by a commenter on ABC. The remark is that they are determined to bring down Obama's support. I have noticed that all of the networks are giving more time to Republicans, I hope everyone complains to the networks. Posted by: js on February 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM | PERMALINKBarbara Comstock has the single most irritating voice in politics. Posted by: phoebes in santa fe on February 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM | PERMALINKLee Fisher still around? The guy who almost single-handedly destroyed the Ohio Democratic Party in the 90s with faux-right positions that alienated potential supporters and a complete ineptness at administration? And Ted Strickland, the one who brought it back, endorsing him? I guess things in Ohio haven't changed as much as I'd hoped. Lee Fisher is Ohio's Joe Lieberman. Posted by: ericfree on February 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM | PERMALINK
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