• Heads Up: 11.7.06
  • There's some sort of election thingy today. Google Cities get warning to start saving now for retirees. San Jose Mercury News Wait, Kinky Friedman rejected ...
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  • Tuition Rollbacks
  • My son is currently in the midst of applying to colleges, so I am on heightened alert when it comes to news headlines with the ...
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  • Promises Made
  • We've been talking a lot here on the 13th Floor about what we expect the new governors to do once they take office. There will ...
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  • Voters to Plummet from Sky
  • The dire predictions of massive voting problems today, electronic and otherwise, remind me of the leadup to Y2K. Remember how airliners were going to ...
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  • Races to Watch
  • As Josh says, we'll be blogging and offering election coverage well into the night tomorrow. If you want to know whether Democrats are really going ...
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  • When a Stranger Calls
  • Talkingpointsmemo.com, a liberal-leaning blog, is chockablock with stories about robocalls sponsored by the National Republican Campaign Committee. People in some swing districts are being ...
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  • Lateral Movement
  • Nearly seven years ago, Governing ran a cover story about Oakland, noting that the city was undergoing a unique experiment in shared power between the ...
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