Archive for November 27th, 2009

Carper on Hardball

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This is from a show on 11/25 and Chuck Todd interviews him:

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Black Friday Open Thread

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Black Friday Open Thread

Today is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. How many of you braved the stores today? I’m happily ensconced on my couch today. I try to avoid shopping on Black Friday if I can, I don’t like the craziness. It’s your open thread so let’s get started. Here is a cool link […]

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National Day of Listening

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I was going to post up something about the Black Friday madness (even picked out some music), but I heard something yesterday which I think is much more useful.

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New Rules May Bar Lobbyist From Advisory Boards

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I’m not sure why there hasn’t been more comment from the Obama administration on this: Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts. […]

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Trouble In Paradise?

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Remember all that talk about a Palin/Beck ticket? Glenn Beck says it isn’t going to happen and he has really good reasons why it won’t happen: But just a few hours later on his radio show, Beck shot down the idea, saying he was “absolutely” ruling out a Palin-Beck ticket. He explained that if he […]

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